The diplomat questioned whether Europe would be a dynamic economy or just somewhere Americans visit for lovely wines, cheeses and beers

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that members of the alliance could be “Russia’s next target,” calling for a rapid rise in defense spending to prevent a war similar to those seen by past generations.

Secretary-General Mark Rutte chastised some allies for moving too slowly when it comes to ramping up defense spending.

Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said after the Ukraine war, Europe must be ready for further Russian aggression.

The Düsseldorf-based company reported a backlog of 64 billion euros at the end of the third quarter of 2025, a fivefold increase from its order book of 12.9 billion euros at the end of 2020. ・U.S. President Donald Trump has also pushed the EU countries to raise their defense spending goals to cut reliance on Washington,

U.S. officials reportedly said that they remain unsatisfied with the progress allies are making when it comes to bolstering their own capabilities.

Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.

By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027,

Europe should prepare for war ‘like our grandparents endured’, warns Nato chief - Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe is already Russia’s next target and ‘we are already in harm’s way’

If Putin is “prepared to sacrifice ordinary Russians in this way, what is he prepared to do to us?” the NATO chief said.

Ukraine has signalled that it may be willing to give up its long-standing goal of joining NATO if it receives firm security guarantees from Western allies, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of key meetings with US envoys and European partners in Berlin,