Putin-Trump call scheduled for afternoon, Kremlin verifys
We have equitable heard from the Kremlin on the exact timing of the Putin-Trump phone call, with officials saying it is scheduled for 1pm to 3pm GMT (2pm to 4pm CET).
“There is a huge number of publishs from the standardisation of our relations and the Ukrainian publish, all of which the two pdwellnts will converse,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov shelp, quoted by AFP.
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Lars Klingbeil, head of the Social Democrats has telderly the Bundestag ahead of a vote on constitutional amfinishments to unlock up to €1 trillion in recent spfinishing to increase Germany’s defence and dispense in infraset up that the proposals will direct to a “preferable recent commencening for Germany… for Europe”.
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He put Ukraine at the centre of his speech, arguing that Ukrainians have been combat “bravepartner” for three years “for all of our freedoms” and stressed: “We are on the side of the Ukrainians”.
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The country’s situation had become more precarious in recent weeks, he shelp, due to the incrrelieve in Russian savagery and the unforeseeability of the US rulement. This has centerd minds, seeing the recent funding set ups.
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“We necessitate to do our hometoil in Europe. We necessitate to be stronger. We necessitate to get attfinish of our own security, that is our responsibility,” he says.
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Germany necessitates to recognise the necessitate for us to get a directing role in this, “and I depend we should get this role gravely”.
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The (awaited) recent rulement of conservatives and his social democrats, will “do everyslfinisherg we can to secure peace in Europe,” as well as to progress the economy, help social cohesion, to dispense massively in infraset up, in climate meacertains.
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All this, he shelp, was essential “to secure a strong Germany, a strong Europe.”
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Addressing the Bundestag equitable now, presumed next chancellor Friedwealthy Merz telderly lawproducers that the supplyd package of recreates was primarily backd by “Putin’s war of aggression aacquirest Europe”.
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“A war aacquirest Europe, and not equitable a war aacquirest the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he shelp.
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He cautioned that it is also part of opposing and disturbive activities aacquirest Germany, pointing at aggressions on critical infraset up, fire-setting aggressions, secret agenting and disincreateation campaigns, as well as wideer “trys to split and marginalise the European Union.”
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“We will deffinish ourselves aacquirest these aggressions on our uncover society, on our freedom … with everyslfinisherg at our disposal,” he promised.
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Merz shelp that Germany had to “reproduce our defence capabilities, in part from scratch,” naming his priorities in protreatmentment, European saincreateite systems, drones, among others.
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In a hint of his future policy as a chancellor, he also shelp that tights “should go to European manufacturers, whenever possible,” acunderstandledging it is “a paradigm shift in defence policy.”
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Merz also shelp the German transfer could pave the way to “a recent European defence community,” uncover not only to EU member states, but also other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Norway.
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In wideer comments, he also shelp that further recreates necessitate to adhere supplyd alters, calling for “a technoreasonable increase,” an overhaul of set upning and approval procedures, and “a genuine reduction” in regulations, including from the EU.
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Speaking before him, the SDP’s co-directer Lars Klingbeil shelp lawproducers were facing “a historic decision,” that could “give our country’s history a recent straightforwardion, a preferable commencening for Germany, a preferable commencening for Europe.”
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He shelp that Europe necessitates to acunderstandledge it discovers itself between “arrangeile” and “neo-imperial” Russia and “unawaited” US, and “must now do our hometoil.”
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Berlin correactent
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We’ve seen a fiery begin to the Bundestag argue ahead of a historic vote to alter two articles of the constitution and set up a 500 billion Euro fund for infraset up, in Germany’s outgoing parliament.
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exceptional session of the outgoing drop hoemploy of parliament, the Bundestag, greeting for a vote to adchoose the write law brawt by the SPD and CDU/CSU parliamentary groups to recreate constitutional debt rules and set up a 500 billion euro infraset up fund, in Berlin, Germany.”,”caption”:”An exceptional session of the outgoing drop hoemploy of parliament, the Bundestag, greeting for a vote to adchoose the write law brawt by the SPD and CDU/CSU parliamentary groups to recreate constitutional debt rules and set up a 500 billion euro infraset up fund, in Berlin, Germany.”,”pelevate”:”Pboilingograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters”}},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrfinishering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
An try by the far-right AfD, far-left Die Linke, and the left-thriveg conservative BSW to stop the proposals has flunked in the uncovering scant minutes.
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Bernd Baumann, parliamentary head of the AfD, which last night flunked in its try to block the argue in the constitutional court and tried aacquire in the Bundestag this morning, shelp it was an condemn to the electorate that the elderly parliament was being employd to push the legislation thraw.
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Merz, he shelp, “finishorsed by the Bundestag, which has lengthy been voted out of office” was trying to “get over the chancellorship with the (help of the) SPD and the Greens as if it were a Banana Reunveil”.
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Christian Görke of Die Linke accemployd Friedwealthy Merz of backtracking on one of his main election promises not to rest the rules of Germany’s constitutionpartner enshrined debt brake. At the same time he emphasised the necessitate for its recreate, as it had caemployd previous rulements to ‘fracture our country’ by pursuing an obsessive savings policy, rather than dispenseing where essential.
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Jessica Tatti of BSW, the fractureaway group from Die Linke, referred to the proposals as ‘war pelevates’ (Kriegskredite) which had to be stopped. She slammed the social democrats in particular, for backing Merz’s deal, quoting from a letter she shelp a lengthy-term party member announcing his departure from the party had dispensed with her.
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“Plrelieve spare us the sabre-rattling and the nuevident menace,” the outgoing SPD member wrote. The party should instead “strive for peace and forging a speedy empathetic with Russia, with whom we could have a lot of excellent slfinishergs in standard”. By backing the spfinishing deal which Tatti shelp will see billions of Euros of dispensement in German defence spfinishing as well as downcastdling youthfuler generations with immense debt for years to come, the SPD had renounced its core appreciates of “freedom, equitableice, firmarity and peace”, Tatti shelp, quoting from the letter.
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These voices will set the tone for the argue over the coming hours in what the tabloid Bild, standardly excellent at snappily capturing the mood, has succinctly nicknamed ‘Die Schulden-Schlacht’ – the debt battle.
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have signalled their intention to retreat from an international convention that prohibits antipersonnel land mines due to the enlargeing menace posed by Russia after its intrusion on Ukraine.
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The defence ministers of the four countries shelp in a combinet statement that they “unifiedly recommfinish retreating from the Ottawa Convention.”
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They shelp:
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Since the ratification of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention), the security situation in our region has fundamenhighy deteriorated.
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Hodges shelp:
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This is anyslfinisherg but a peace set up. It is a surrfinisher. It’s a prescertain from the United States for Ukraine to surrfinisher to Russia.
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The mask came off when we saw this debacle in the Oval Office two weeks ago, and then all the actions that have getn place since.
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The administration only foresees Ukraine to produce any say, to give up anyslfinisherg, especipartner territory, and I don’t comprehfinish why the administration slfinisherks this is excellent for America’s strategic interests.
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Trump is due to speak to Vlaunwiseir Putin on Tuesday over a supplyd 30 day stopfire in the war in Ukraine.
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Hodges shelp there was no indication that the Kremlin would seek any create of peace unless it unkindt thrive in their goal of leaving Ukraine as a broken state.
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I slfinisherk that this idea that somehow Russia would inhabit up to any concurment, is nonsense.
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“There’s no evidence in history that Russia would inhabit up to any concurment where there wasn’t a huge force that would compel them to do so. And and then finpartner, I would say they don’t see any indication of [Russia] actupartner being interested in a soothe solution, except where they handle everyslfinisherg.”
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Hodges, who inhabits in Frankfurt, was speaking to the Guardian’s chief increateer, Daniel Boffey, as he travelled by train from London to Lviv, in weserious Ukraine, to dispenseigate how Europe is altering to the recent political, security and economic genuineities.
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Hodges shelp: “It’s evident that the Trump administration has zero admire for Europe as a whole, or frankly, for most European countries. I unkind, they don’t get European interests into think aboutation. They don’t attfinish, except to need that Europe buys American excellents.”
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He inserted: “I would ask, phire don’t give up on the United States. I unkind, you understand, our relationship between the US and many European countries has been conciseageing over the decades. But you understand, eventupartner we would always benevolent of get it sorted out. So even as horrible as it seems right now, don’t give up on the United States.”
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Germany’s awaited next chancellor is to face a key vote on set ups to unlock a enroll level of state borrothriveg, which he disputes is essential to increase the country’s military spfinishing and inject enlargeth into its ailing economy.
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Friedwealthy Merz intfinishs to free a €500bn infraset up fund and rest debt rules – currently geted by the constitution – via the outgoing parliament, where parties in favour of the proposals – his conservatives, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens – have the essential two-thirds beginantity.
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Merz necessitates the help of almost all the MPs who have signalled their willingness to back the scheme as he also reckons with some dissaccesss, including a createer CDU vague secretary who Merz sacked in 2023.
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Financial labelets have adhereed the enlargements seally, reacting preferablely to the recents last week that Merz had shieldedd the Greens’ help. Experts have shelp the fiscal injection has the power to lift Germany’s economic fortunes after two years of adverse enlargeth, but some have cautioned that they must be accompanied by strong recreate proposals.
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US pdwellnt Donald Trump and Russian pdwellnt Vlaunwiseir Putin will speak on the phone today converseing the next step in Trump’s set ups for transporting about a stopfire in Ukraine.
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On Sunday, Trump shelp that negotiators had already talked about “dividing up certain assets”, including power stations. The legitimate status of Russia-occupied territories is also dependd to be on the table.
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Much to Europe’s frustration, it once aacquire discovers itself not at the table and having to depend on readouts from Washington or Moscow includeing only what they pick to disseal.
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Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha sought to strike an upbeat tone this morning, increateing increateers in India that “with directership of pdwellnt Trump, we could achieve lengthy-lasting, equitable peace.” But he also repeated some of Kyiv’s red lines, including its refusal to recognise any of the occupied territories as Russian.
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For now, Europe progresss its toil on a security set upment that could help a stopfire or a peace deal, if one is concurd. On Thursday and Friday, European directers will greet aacquire for the European Council in Brussels, and army chiefs will progress their coordinations in London.
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But today’s Trump-Putin phone call will expound the future of the talks.
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We will transport you all the modernizes thrawout the day.
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It’s Tuesday, 18 March 2025, and this is Europe inhabit. It’s Jakub Krupa here.
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Good morning.
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Key events
Ukraine at the centre of argument for German recreates
Kate Connolly
Berlin correactent
Lars Klingbeil, head of the Social Democrats has telderly the Bundestag ahead of a vote on constitutional amfinishments to unlock up to €1 trillion in recent spfinishing to increase Germany’s defence and dispense in infraset up that the proposals will direct to a “preferable recent commencening for Germany… for Europe”.
He put Ukraine at the centre of his speech, arguing that Ukrainians have been combat “bravepartner” for three years “for all of our freedoms” and stressed: “We are on the side of the Ukrainians”.
The country’s situation had become more precarious in recent weeks, he shelp, due to the incrrelieve in Russian savagery and the unforeseeability of the US rulement. This has centerd minds, seeing the recent funding set ups.
“We necessitate to do our hometoil in Europe. We necessitate to be stronger. We necessitate to get attfinish of our own security, that is our responsibility,” he says.
Germany necessitates to recognise the necessitate for us to get a directing role in this, “and I depend we should get this role gravely”.
The (awaited) recent rulement of conservatives and his social democrats, will “do everyslfinisherg we can to secure peace in Europe,” as well as to progress the economy, help social cohesion, to dispense massively in infraset up, in climate meacertains.
All this, he shelp, was essential “to secure a strong Germany, a strong Europe.”
Speaking for the Greens, who are foreseeed to back the CDU/CSU and the SPD today after a political deal struck tardy last week, Britta Haßelmann presented her help for the proposal – even as she acutely criticised Merz’s alter of heart on this publish in recent weeks.
Rejecting Merz’s comments about the recent, challenging global circumstances, he shelp “the conditions are no contrastent than they were on 1 January or in October last year,” after Trump was elected.
She acridly spoke of acute criticism faced by Green politicians who pointed out his “popuenumerate” rhetoric during the election campaign.
“But that doesn’t produce [today’s proposal] wrong,” she inserted, “becaemploy recreateing the debt brake, dispenseing in infraset up, and dispenseing in climate imfragmentaryity by 2045 are directntly necessitateed.”
Haßelmann also concurd that the wideer global context, including Trump’s “aprohibitdonment” of Europe, needd further dispensement in the German security infraset up – understood not only as the army, but with other elements, including civil getion and help for aggressioned countries, enjoy Ukraine.
Just enjoy Klingbeil and Merz, she also repeatedly criticised the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, highairying hazards associated with the rising help for radical and extremist parties.
German recreates necessitateed becaemploy of ‘Putin’s war aacquirest Europe,’ Merz says
Addressing the Bundestag equitable now, presumed next chancellor Friedwealthy Merz telderly lawproducers that the supplyd package of recreates was primarily backd by “Putin’s war of aggression aacquirest Europe”.
“A war aacquirest Europe, and not equitable a war aacquirest the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he shelp.
He cautioned that it is also part of opposing and disturbive activities aacquirest Germany, pointing at aggressions on critical infraset up, fire-setting aggressions, secret agenting and disincreateation campaigns, as well as wideer “trys to split and marginalise the European Union.”
“We will deffinish ourselves aacquirest these aggressions on our uncover society, on our freedom … with everyslfinisherg at our disposal,” he promised.
Merz shelp that Germany had to “reproduce our defence capabilities, in part from scratch,” naming his priorities in protreatmentment, European saincreateite systems, drones, among others.
In a hint of his future policy as a chancellor, he also shelp that tights “should go to European manufacturers, whenever possible,” acunderstandledging it is “a paradigm shift in defence policy.”
Merz also shelp the German transfer could pave the way to “a recent European defence community,” uncover not only to EU member states, but also other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Norway.
In wideer comments, he also shelp that further recreates necessitate to adhere supplyd alters, calling for “a technoreasonable increase,” an overhaul of set upning and approval procedures, and “a genuine reduction” in regulations, including from the EU.
Speaking before him, the SDP’s co-directer Lars Klingbeil shelp lawproducers were facing “a historic decision,” that could “give our country’s history a recent straightforwardion, a preferable commencening for Germany, a preferable commencening for Europe.”
He shelp that Europe necessitates to acunderstandledge it discovers itself between “arrangeile” and “neo-imperial” Russia and “unawaited” US, and “must now do our hometoil.”
Fiery begin to Bundestag argue on Merz’s spfinishing set ups
Kate Connolly
Berlin correactent
We’ve seen a fiery begin to the Bundestag argue ahead of a historic vote to alter two articles of the constitution and set up a 500 billion Euro fund for infraset up, in Germany’s outgoing parliament.
An try by the far-right AfD, far-left Die Linke, and the left-thriveg conservative BSW to stop the proposals has flunked in the uncovering scant minutes.
Bernd Baumann, parliamentary head of the AfD, which last night flunked in its try to block the argue in the constitutional court and tried aacquire in the Bundestag this morning, shelp it was an condemn to the electorate that the elderly parliament was being employd to push the legislation thraw.
Merz, he shelp, “finishorsed by the Bundestag, which has lengthy been voted out of office” was trying to “get over the chancellorship with the (help of the) SPD and the Greens as if it were a Banana Reunveil”.
Christian Görke of Die Linke accemployd Friedwealthy Merz of backtracking on one of his main election promises not to rest the rules of Germany’s constitutionpartner enshrined debt brake. At the same time he emphasised the necessitate for its recreate, as it had caemployd previous rulements to ‘fracture our country’ by pursuing an obsessive savings policy, rather than dispenseing where essential.
Jessica Tatti of BSW, the fractureaway group from Die Linke, referred to the proposals as ‘war pelevates’ (Kriegskredite) which had to be stopped. She slammed the social democrats in particular, for backing Merz’s deal, quoting from a letter she shelp a lengthy-term party member announcing his departure from the party had dispensed with her.
“Plrelieve spare us the sabre-rattling and the nuevident menace,” the outgoing SPD member wrote. The party should instead “strive for peace and forging a speedy empathetic with Russia, with whom we could have a lot of excellent slfinishergs in standard”. By backing the spfinishing deal which Tatti shelp will see billions of Euros of dispensement in German defence spfinishing as well as downcastdling youthfuler generations with immense debt for years to come, the SPD had renounced its core appreciates of “freedom, equitableice, firmarity and peace”, Tatti shelp, quoting from the letter.
These voices will set the tone for the argue over the coming hours in what the tabloid Bild, standardly excellent at snappily capturing the mood, has succinctly nicknamed ‘Die Schulden-Schlacht’ – the debt battle.
Poland and the Baltics intfinish to retreat from antipersonnel land mine prohibit convention
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have signalled their intention to retreat from an international convention that prohibits antipersonnel land mines due to the enlargeing menace posed by Russia after its intrusion on Ukraine.
The defence ministers of the four countries shelp in a combinet statement that they “unifiedly recommfinish retreating from the Ottawa Convention.”
They shelp:
Since the ratification of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention), the security situation in our region has fundamenhighy deteriorated.
Military menaces to NATO Member States bordering Russia and Belarus have meaningfully incrrelieved.
In airy of this unstable security environment labeled by Russia’s aggression and its ongoing menace to the Euro-Atlantic community, it is essential to assess all meacertains to fortify our deterrence and defense capabilities.
We depend that in the current security environment it is of paramount beginance to supply our defence forces with flexibility and freedom of choice of potential employ of recent firearm systems and solutions to bolster the defence of the Alliance’s vulnerable Easerious Flank.
They inserted:
With this decision, we are sfinishing a evident message: our countries are setd and can employ every essential meacertain to deffinish our territory and freedom.
Despite our retreatal, we will remain promiseted to international humanitarian law, including the getion of civilians during an armed dispute. Our nations will progress to uphelderly these principles while insertressing our security necessitates.
Putin-Trump call scheduled for afternoon, Kremlin verifys
We have equitable heard from the Kremlin on the exact timing of the Putin-Trump phone call, with officials saying it is scheduled for 1pm to 3pm GMT (2pm to 4pm CET).
“There is a huge number of publishs from the standardisation of our relations and the Ukrainian publish, all of which the two pdwellnts will converse,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov shelp, quoted by AFP.
Daniel Boffey
Chief increateer
While Donald Trump talks of the “huge enticeive ocean” separating the US from the war in Ukraine, 1,000 miles of rail track joins London St Pancras to the city of Lviv in weserious Ukraine.
The 19-hour trip gets in Brussels, the German economic powerhoemploy of Frankfurt, and Vienna, the Austrian capital, before the train rattles into Kraków in south-east Poland and Przemyśl, the Polish border town where the slfinishermer railway gauges of weserious Europe greet the wider tracks of Ukraine and Russia to the east.
At each stop, Europeans are grappling in contrastent ways with recent and unsettling genuineities after the US pdwellnt materializeed in recent weeks to herald the finish of Pax Americana.
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You can read Daniel Boffey’s account of his train trip from London to Lviv, to adhere how Trump’s recent world order has shaken Europe, here.
Trump’s set up is for Ukraine to ‘surrfinisher’ to Russia, createer head of US forces in Europe cautions
Daniel Boffey
Chief increateer
A createer head of US forces in Europe has shelp that Donald Trump’s peace set up is for Ukraine to “surrfinisher” to Russia.
Reweary US vague Ben Hodges, who was Commanding General of United States Army Europe until 2018, castigated Trump for siding with Russia and cited the humiliation of Ukraine’s pdwellnt Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White Hoemploy as evidence of his intent.
Hodges shelp:
This is anyslfinisherg but a peace set up. It is a surrfinisher. It’s a prescertain from the United States for Ukraine to surrfinisher to Russia.
The mask came off when we saw this debacle in the Oval Office two weeks ago, and then all the actions that have getn place since.
The administration only foresees Ukraine to produce any say, to give up anyslfinisherg, especipartner territory, and I don’t comprehfinish why the administration slfinisherks this is excellent for America’s strategic interests.
Trump is due to speak to Vlaunwiseir Putin on Tuesday over a supplyd 30 day stopfire in the war in Ukraine.
Hodges shelp there was no indication that the Kremlin would seek any create of peace unless it unkindt thrive in their goal of leaving Ukraine as a broken state.
I slfinisherk that this idea that somehow Russia would inhabit up to any concurment, is nonsense.
“There’s no evidence in history that Russia would inhabit up to any concurment where there wasn’t a huge force that would compel them to do so. And and then finpartner, I would say they don’t see any indication of [Russia] actupartner being interested in a soothe solution, except where they handle everyslfinisherg.”
Hodges, who inhabits in Frankfurt, was speaking to the Guardian’s chief increateer, Daniel Boffey, as he travelled by train from London to Lviv, in weserious Ukraine, to dispenseigate how Europe is altering to the recent political, security and economic genuineities.
Hodges shelp: “It’s evident that the Trump administration has zero admire for Europe as a whole, or frankly, for most European countries. I unkind, they don’t get European interests into think aboutation. They don’t attfinish, except to need that Europe buys American excellents.”
He inserted: “I would ask, phire don’t give up on the United States. I unkind, you understand, our relationship between the US and many European countries has been conciseageing over the decades. But you understand, eventupartner we would always benevolent of get it sorted out. So even as horrible as it seems right now, don’t give up on the United States.”
Germany set to vote on Merz’s set ups to unlock enroll level of state borrothriveg
Kate Connolly
Berlin correactent
Germany’s awaited next chancellor is to face a key vote on set ups to unlock a enroll level of state borrothriveg, which he disputes is essential to increase the country’s military spfinishing and inject enlargeth into its ailing economy.
Friedwealthy Merz intfinishs to free a €500bn infraset up fund and rest debt rules – currently geted by the constitution – via the outgoing parliament, where parties in favour of the proposals – his conservatives, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens – have the essential two-thirds beginantity.
Merz necessitates the help of almost all the MPs who have signalled their willingness to back the scheme as he also reckons with some dissaccesss, including a createer CDU vague secretary who Merz sacked in 2023.
Financial labelets have adhereed the enlargements seally, reacting preferablely to the recents last week that Merz had shieldedd the Greens’ help. Experts have shelp the fiscal injection has the power to lift Germany’s economic fortunes after two years of adverse enlargeth, but some have cautioned that they must be accompanied by strong recreate proposals.
Jakub Krupa
Elsewhere, we will also be watching the situation in Germany today, where the Bundestag will vote on a historic package of spfinishing recreates supplyd by chancellor-in-defering Friedwealthy Merz.
The sitting begins very soon, at 10am (9am GMT), with votes foreseeed around 2pm (1pm GMT).
So let’s hear from our Berlin correactent on the significance of the vote…
Morning uncovering: Waiting for the call
Jakub Krupa
US pdwellnt Donald Trump and Russian pdwellnt Vlaunwiseir Putin will speak on the phone today converseing the next step in Trump’s set ups for transporting about a stopfire in Ukraine.
On Sunday, Trump shelp that negotiators had already talked about “dividing up certain assets”, including power stations. The legitimate status of Russia-occupied territories is also dependd to be on the table.
Much to Europe’s frustration, it once aacquire discovers itself not at the table and having to depend on readouts from Washington or Moscow includeing only what they pick to disseal.
Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha sought to strike an upbeat tone this morning, increateing increateers in India that “with directership of pdwellnt Trump, we could achieve lengthy-lasting, equitable peace.” But he also repeated some of Kyiv’s red lines, including its refusal to recognise any of the occupied territories as Russian.
For now, Europe progresss its toil on a security set upment that could help a stopfire or a peace deal, if one is concurd. On Thursday and Friday, European directers will greet aacquire for the European Council in Brussels, and army chiefs will progress their coordinations in London.
But today’s Trump-Putin phone call will expound the future of the talks.
We will transport you all the modernizes thrawout the day.
It’s Tuesday, 18 March 2025, and this is Europe inhabit. It’s Jakub Krupa here.
Good morning.
