31 m. ago Trump’s tariff threat leaves Europe with a choice: fight back or cease to matter | Georg Riekeles

Appeasing Trump has only emboldened him. But European leaders are not as helpless as the US president believesGeorg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreEU leaders’ tough rebukes to Donald Trump in Davos must be followed by concrete action when they convene in Brussels on Thursday night. The US president’s attempt to strong-arm Greenland and Denmark, backed by explicit tariff threats against those who refuse to comply, is not bluster or improvisation. It is economic coercion, openly deployed to force political submission and territorial concessions. The danger lies in the demand itself, but also in how Europe responds.The EU has reached a moment of truth. If it cannot defend one of its member states whose most basic interests are under direct threat, then the EU is weakened as a geopolitical actor and emptied of purpose.Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you ...

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58 m. ago Europe set to unleash devastating 'trade bazooka' in vengeful payback plot against Trump

European leaders are preparing for the worst amid President Donald Trump's threats to impose on Greenland.

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2 h. ago Donald Trump's telling verbal slip prompts questions on his fitness to be President

There were already fears for the US President's health - but while ranting about Greenland he made another embarrassing slip-up

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2 h. ago Trump tells European leaders they'd all be 'speaking German' without US

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The US President has repeated his demands to acquire Greenland amid tensions with Europe.

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2 h. ago Trump leaves door open to climb down over furious US row with Europe over Greenland

But the US president chided European leaders telling them: ‘Without us you’d be speaking German’

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3 h. ago Trump tells European leaders they would all be 'speaking German and a little Japanese' without the US as he defends plans to acquire Greenland: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Donald Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The US President will speak at the event after doubling down on his threat to seize Greenland.

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3 h. ago Trump tells Europe to 'do better' as 'you're not even recognisable anymore'

US President Donald Trump has used his special address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) to hit our at Europe as he claims parts are 'not even recognisable anymore'

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5 h. ago Trump storms Davos: US President arrives to take on European leaders in Greenland showdown

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Donald Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The US President will speak at the event after doubling down on his threat to seize Greenland.

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7 h. ago A ‘trade bazooka’, tariffs and a World Cup boycott: How Europe can hit back at Trump over Greenland

European leaders have made bullish threats of a response to Trump’s latest tariff threats. But economists tell Craig Hoyle that an extended trade war would be a ‘worst-case scenario’

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10 h. ago Trump heads for Davos: US President flies in as he warns European leaders there is 'no going back' over Greenland

The Air Force One plane carrying President Donald Trump to his showdown with European leaders in Davos U-turned and returned to base this morning after developing an electrical fault.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr

European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyrannyIn January 2018, when Donald Trump was in the second year of his first term as US president, Angela Merkel, in her 13th year as German chancellor, gave a gloomy speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She opened her remarks with a warning from Europe’s past. Politicians had “sleep-walked” into the first world war. As the number of surviving eyewitnesses to the second world war dwindled, she added, subsequent generations would have to prove they understood the fragility of peace. “We need to ask ourselves if we have really learned from history or not.”Fast forward eight years. Vladimir Putin’s territorial aggression harries Europe’s eastern flank. To the west, Trump, now in his second term and guest of honour at Davos, threatens to annex Greenland. This is not a world that has internalised the lessons of the 20th century. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland

Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over GreenlandCanadian prime minister Mark Carney has said that the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order.His speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum comes a day before US President Donald Trump was set to address the gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago European leader brands Trump 'a Very Hungry Caterpillar' ahead of Davos showdown as President issues coy remark on how far he is willing to go to have Greenland

As European leaders arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday, Emmanuel Macron hit back against 'imperial ambitions'.

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18 h. ago Trump tells Starmer to 'straighten out' the UK and dubs London a 'problem' in lengthy White House briefing as he issued an ominous warning to Greenland

Asked about his relationship with Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron, he said: 'They've got to straighten out their countries.'

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19 h. ago Trump issues ominous warning when asked how far he'll go to take over Greenland: 'You'll find out'

Donald Trump is scheduled to fly out to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum where he'll hold high-stakes talks with European leaders over his Greenland plot.

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20 h. ago Trump tells Somalians: 'GET THE HELL OUT' at ferocious press conference as DOJ hammers Tim Walz

Donald Trump has called for Somalians to leave the US during an attack on Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota amid riots over his immigration crackdown.

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21 h. ago Trump issues ominous warning when asked how far he'll go to take over Greenland: 'You'll find out': Live updates

Donald Trump is scheduled to fly out to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum where he'll hold high-stakes talks with European leaders over his Greenland plot.

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23 h. ago The Guardian view on the French far right: mainstream parties are running out of time | Editorial

A Paris appeals court will decide if Marine Le Pen can stand in next year’s presidential election. But legal troubles have not damaged the fortunes of her partyIn a Paris courtroom, the first act of the 2027 French presidential election is already under way. On Tuesday Marine Le Pen began to answer judges’ questions in her appeal against a conviction relating to the embezzlement of European parliament funds. If she wins, the far-right leader will be free to run for the presidency for a fourth time. If the sentence is upheld, her 30-year-old protege, Jordan Bardella, is almost certain to take her place in the race.Having presented the original verdict as an assault on democracy by judges bent on thwarting her political ambitions, Ms Le Pen has softened her stance. If the appeals court is swayed by arguments that offences committed by her National Rally party were inadvertent, a five-year ban on running for public office may be reduced or overturned. Even if she loses, however, her po...

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23 h. ago Trump reveals why he leaked world leaders' messages... as Greenland warns its people to prepare for possible invasion: Live updates

Donald Trump is scheduled to fly out to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum where he'll hold high-stakes talks with European leaders over his Greenland plot.

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23 h. ago Dollar and US stocks fall as Trump says ‘no going back’ on Greenland bid

European leaders criticise stance on Arctic island, with Macron taking aim at US president’s ‘useless aggressivity’

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