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Nato allies should donate from their armouries even if that leaves them depleted
Also in this newsletter: Competition hawks fret over Enrico Letta’s plans for EU merger rules
Comments from European Central Bank chief point to transatlantic rift over use of seized funds
Berlin launches global call to help protect cities, troops and infrastructure from Russia’s ‘murderous onslaught’
Proposal is one option for more formalised relations with Brussels if opposition party wins general election
Also in this newsletter: EU citizens care more about security and defence than climate
Most European capitals support tougher stance but are wary of designating Revolutionary Guards a terror group
Also in this newsletter: geopolitics overshadows Scholz’s trade trip to China
Washington calls on EU to use influence in Beijing to halt weapons transfers to Moscow
Josep Borrell says Russia threatens the continent beyond the conflict in Ukraine
Populists returning to power come armed with a list of enemies, not policy choices
Also in this newsletter: Portugal’s power transition plays out in Brussels
Brussels proposes ‘legal task force’ to explore ways to use the common budget for defence
Also in this newsletter: European businesses’ gloomy outlook on the bloc’s competitiveness
Also in this newsletter: Corruption allegations prompt an election in Croatia
Also in this newsletter: Brussels prepares yet another package to placate Europe’s angry farmers
Brussels deal on €5bn expected on Wednesday while Pentagon announces $300mn in extra funds
Proposed law would impose de facto ban on use of plastic recycled outside the bloc
West African nation is departure point for boats seeking to reach Spanish islands in the Atlantic Ocean
Tougher stance aiming to shake Russia’s assumptions instead highlighted EU divisions
Focusing on China should not distract it from the challenges a second Trump administration would pose
French president also drops opposition to artillery purchases for Kyiv from outside the EU
Six individuals and a paramilitary group alleged to be doing Moscow’s bidding in former Soviet state
Curbs on almost 200 entities aim to ‘degrade’ Moscow’s capability to attack Ukraine
Danish defence minister is latest western official to sound the alarm about Moscow’s continued appetite for war
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