The US president has smashed the Western alliance. But the Europeans are stepping up to spend their own money on their own defence.
Germany’s new leader did not even wait for the final election results before delivering his verdict on the US President - and charting the path forward.
Immigration will be the No.1 issue at next week’s German election,part of a backlash against a well-meaning but ultimately misguided policy of multicultural integration.
Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century. Anthony Albanese will never be that.
The former German chancellor’s memoirs are out. And she’s saying a lot more in public than she did in 16 years.
The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.
On immigration policy,nations need to telegraph their meanness – growling menacingly so they can gentle their claws when dealing with real cases of need.
When Silvio Berlusconi was elected Italy’s prime minister in 1994 Donald Trump was more than two decades into the future,but Berlusconi was the promise of things to come.
Angela Merkel’s legacy has attracted increasingly critical scrutiny since her departure,but her impressive list of firsts has earned her recognition.
The former Germany chancellor conceded that her country’s lacklustre defence spending weakened her ability to negotiate with Vladimir Putin.