European lawmakers weighed in on what a second Trump presidency means for trade, alliances and climate change.

President Trump appears willing to shake up almost every policy area, and a behind-the-scenes E.U. task force has been trying to prepare. But is Europe ready?

Trump has offered little insight into how he intends to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

BERLIN - German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said on Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump could prove an interesting partner for Europe provided the region had a strong common negotiating position.

Ukrainian president calls on European politicians to “be more than just bystanders” who are “reduced to posting on X after an agreement has already been made.”

As President Donald Trump overturns a slew of regulations, there’s a growing chorus of voices calling for similar moves in Europe.

Having severed ties with Russia as a gas supplier, Europe must step up its own production and imports, said Alfred Stern, CEO of Austrian utility OMV in a broadcast from the Davos economic forum on Wednesday.

In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that it is time for Europe to take its destiny into its own hands and become stronger and more capable of being as valuable an ally for the United States as the United States is for Europe.

"So we've been stockpiling the products in Europe, but it's not enough. How long would it last? I think at least a year," Suntory Holdings CEO Tak Niinami told Yahoo Finance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, about actions his team has taken to blunt potential tariff impacts.

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