From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a decade ago, saying this was now too low because of new challenges.

Transatlantic military alliance chief echoes Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in stinging remarks at the World Economic Forum.

The NATO-Ukraine Council held a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels with the participation of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Minister of Justice Olha Stefanishyna.

The head of Nato has said “crazy” ethical investing rules are thwarting Europe’s efforts to ramp up defence spending. Mark Rutte, general secretary of the transatlantic military alliance, said that finance companies were withholding money from defence companies after effectively putting them into the same category as drug dealers and pornographers.

Frederiksen didn't directly mention Trump's threat in comments at a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, but said that “we are facing a more uncertain reality, a reality that calls for an even more united Europe and for more cooperation.

MADRID, LISBON - Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro reaffirmed their countries' commitment to spending 2% of GDP on defence by 2029, with the latter signalling that this could happen sooner than expected.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Rutte says Europe must invest more in defence, ramp up arms production and take a bigger share of spending on Ukraine aid

Nato-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte äußerte seine Unterstützung für die Druckkampagne von US-Präsident Donald Trump gegen Russland. Diese zielt darauf ab, die Krieg in der Ukraine rasch zu beenden.

Rutte spoke in Lisbon alongside Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, who only reiterated Portugal's pledge to meet its 2% goal by 2029. In 2023, the country spent 1.5% of its GDP on its NATO commitments.

The transatlantic relationship as we know it is probably going to be extremely challenging,' says expert from EUISS - Anadolu Ajansı