Trump, Europe and Macron

Wake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Monday to “wake up” and spend more on defense in order to reduce its reliance on the United States for its security, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power.
Alert: France’s Macron calls on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense as Trump returns to power
CESSON-SEVIGNE, France (AP) — France’s Macron calls on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense as Trump returns to power.
EU ministers see Trump as wake-up call to fix economy
The return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House is a wake-up call for European Union countries to fix their economies and become more competitive, the EU's senior financial officials said on Monday as Trump was sworn in for a second term.
France’s Macron calls on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense as Trump returns to power
CESSON-SEVIGNE, France (AP) — France’s Macron calls on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense as Trump returns to power.
Macron Responds to Trump's Inauguration by Urging Europe to 'Wake Up'
Trump has promised to push for peace talks in Ukraine within six months but has criticized Europe's lack of defense spending.
As Trump is sworn in, Macron warns Europe it can't depend only on US weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the billions of euros of taxpayer money spent on Europe's military budgets should not be used to buy only American weapons, pushing for more investment in home-grown defence industries.
Macron meltdown as he urges Europe to 'wake up' after Donald Trump's White House return
The French President called on Europe to spend more on defence to reduce their reliance on the United States for security.
Macron urges Europe to boost defence spending as Trump presidency begins
Donald Trump has criticised the cost of US military assistance to Ukraine and aims to transfer a greater share of responsibility to Europe. View on euronews
Europe must 'wake up' and boost competitiveness — or risk falling behind in the Trump era, CEOs warn
European business chiefs warned Tuesday that the region risks falling behind its counterparts in the U.S. and Asia.
BlackRock’s Hildebrand Says EU Needs Regulation ‘Wake-Up Call’
Europe’s financial industry is in danger of falling behind if the bloc and national governments don’t come up with way to ...
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Europe's security wake-up call: EU and NATO gear up for 'big bang' in defence (enr)
Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was seen as a wake-up call for Europe and its underfunded defence industry after years of neglect following the end of the Cold War. But ...
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Central Europe Woke Up, Others Went Woke
In “Nations Prepare for a Post-European World” (Global View, Jan. 7), Walter Russell Mead contrasts European decline with American renewal. How right he is—but his analysis applies only to ...
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OPINION - In 2025, adversity may yet be Europe's wake-up call
Mario Draghi, the eurozone's central banker whose "whatever it takes" pledge defused the 2012 sovereign debt crisis, summed-up Europe's economic outlook succinctly. He warned of a vicious cycle of ...
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Trump’s threat to gobble up Greenland tests Nato unity, serves as wake-up call for Europe
Trump’s suggestions that international borders can be redrawn – by force if necessary – are particularly inflammatory in ...