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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Nato
    Trump and Macron clash as Nato leaders gather

    Barbs undermine attempt to paper over cracks in military alliance

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Nato
    Trump claims credit for Nato spending boost

    US president tweets as he heads to London for summit of transatlantic alliance

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Nato
    Macron warns Turkey on Nato allies’ solidarity

    Ankara’s intervention in Syria ‘raises questions’ about alliance, French leader says

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Merkel warns Europe cannot defend itself without Nato

    German chancellor’s comments a sharp rebuke to Macron who called alliance ‘brain-dead’

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Thirteen French troops killed in Sahel war against Islamists

    Two helicopters crash in Mali in worst death toll in three decades for French military

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    France urges Europeans to help crush Islamist threat in Sahel

    French troops facing ‘very difficult challenge’, defence minister Florence Parly says

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Nato
    Berlin urges Nato rethink after Macron criticism

    German foreign minister wants stronger political ties to improve cohesion

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Nato
    Nato makes early bid to avert summit discord

    London gathering to focus on topics likely to please Donald Trump

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    EU foreign policy
    Russian envoy praises Macron stance on EU enlargement

    Chizhov remarks set to further anger critics who say French leader risks undermining bloc

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2019
    Nato
    Poland’s prime minister criticises Macron over Nato

    Mateusz Morawiecki calls on other EU nations to give more support to defence alliance

  • Sunday, 10 November, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Emmanuel Macron issues a wake-up call to Europe

    The EU needs to adopt a more strategic outlook towards a hostile world

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Nato
    Merkel rejects Macron warning over Nato ‘brain death’

    German chancellor hits back at French president’s attack on ‘lack of co-ordination’

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    UK defence industry
    Italy joins forces with UK in European fighter jet race

    Momentum builds weeks after Sweden joined programme to develop new generation of combat aircraft

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    AnalysisEuropean Union
    French minister vows to defend Macron’s EU plans

    Amélie de Montchalin faces pushback to France’s integrationist reforms

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Military technology
    France plans lasers to blind enemy satellites

    Minister outlines ‘active defence’ in space and orbiting nano-satellite patrols

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Analysis
    Kramp-Karrenbauer urges more military spending

    The challenges that will determine CDU leader’s fitness to run for chancellor

  • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
    France
    France follows US to set up military space command

    Emmanuel Macron announces new doctrine ahead of Bastille Day parade

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    Nato
    Nato prepares first outer space strategy

    Alliance looks to combat growing military capabilities of Russia and China beyond Earth

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2019
    Inside BusinessBen Hall
    Europe’s latest joint fighter set for long taxi to runway

    Airbus-Dassault jet unveiled in Paris faces political and commercial complexities

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Spain joins France and Germany to develop fighter jet

    Defence ministers sign agreement for military stealth aircraft

  • Friday, 14 June, 2019
    France and Italy sign military shipbuilding alliance
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    US foreign policy
    Russia says US build-up in Poland ‘undermines stability’

    Washington is sending 1,000 more troops to eastern European country

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    US foreign policy
    Trump says Poland to build facilities for 1,000 US troops

    Redeployment of Europe-based soldiers to come as Russia increases regional influence

  • Sunday, 2 June, 2019
    AnalysisAerospace & Defence
    European defence industry wrongfooted by Saudi weapons ban

    Executives say German response to Khashoggi killing risks undermining co-operation

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    Poland
    Trump and Duda close to deal on US forces in Poland

    Agreement would increase troop numbers and capabilities on Nato’s eastern flank

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