Nannette Cazaubon – European News Journal, Paris There was widespread relief across Europe after Moldova’s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won a landslide victory over the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc in crucial parliamentary elections on 28 September 2025. The election result was immediately welcomed by many Western and European…
We asked MARIE-AGNES STRACK-ZIMMERMANN MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s SEDE committee, Brussels HARTMUT BÜHL / NANNETTE CAZAUBON, European News Journal, Paris In the fourth year of Russia’s war against Ukraine and 70 years after the first attempt to create a European Defence Community (EDC), which failed in 1954, the…
By NANNETTE CAZAUBON – European News Journal, Paris The Danish Ministry of Defence announced that Denmark will step up defence investments next year. The Danes will set aside an additional 10bn kroner (€1,34bn) in their 2026 budget to reinforce Denmark’s defence capabilities and the support for Ukraine. This increase will…
By HARTMUT BÜHL / NANNETTE CAZAUBON, European News Journal, Paris Europe’s summer seasons are increasingly marked by large-scale wildfires that claim lives and burn vast areas, requiring long recovery periods, a trend that is expected to continue due to climate change. In addition, fire risks have spread to previously unaffected…
We asked Prof Dr THOMAS JÄGER from the University of Cologne HARTMUT BÜHL – European News Journal, Paris It seems evident that Donald Trump, since the start of his current US presidency, has had the intention of modifying the institutional balance on the base of a strategy (“unified executive” approach) aiming…
Hartmut Bühl – European News Journal, Paris The humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s unwavering determination to seize Gaza City by military force and push its population south have prompted several UN member states to add their names to the long list of countries that…
By PD Dr ANTJE NÖTZOLD – Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Munich/Chemnitz While China’s Space Program 2021 formulated Beijing’s ambitious vision “to strengthen its space presence in an all-round manner” the US National Security Strategy 2022 clearly stated: “America will maintain our position as the world’s leader in space”. Space is…
Commentary by HARTMUT BÜHL – European News Journal, Paris Peace in Ukraine remains far from sight and Europe continues to be subject to Trump’s whims. The meeting in Alaska in August 2025, for example, was supposed to focus on a ceasefire in Ukraine, but the impression left by this summit…
By our Eastern Europe correspondent Prof IOAN MIRCEA PAȘCU, former Romanian Defence Minister, Bucharest (Last update: 29 September 2025) The Black Sea is a war zone; active military operations are taking place both in the West of the region, against the Ukrainian ports on the Danube, just across from Romania,…
by NANNETTE CAZAUBON, European News Journal, Paris Throughout history, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials have enabled medical advances, powered industry, and supported modern agriculture, energy, and scientific discovery. However, this potential, which drives progress, can also pose serious risks, such as accidental chemical leaks, deliberate biological attacks, radiological…
