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Europe has two months to decide whether it will defend Denmark from US attack
"We'll worry about Greenland in about two months" Trump says after invading Venezuela, as White House policy chief Stephen Miller's wife suggests US…
 • Dave Keating
International law died yesterday. And Europe helped kill it.
Macron, Starmer and Meloni gave their stamp of approval to Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela to run the country and take its oil. Who can take them…
 • Dave Keating
A day that will live in infamy
The US has today bombed and invaded a sovereign country to execute regime change. European leaders are too terrified of Trump to condemn it. Will they…
 • Dave Keating
Europe's choice in 2026: join, or die
As we start the new year, Europeans face a crucial decision. Will they allow themselves to be dictated to by Washington and Moscow, or will they unite…
 • Dave Keating
The US can destroy a European's life with the swipe of a pen
This week's US sanctions against European lawmakers and privacy activists is a major escalation. And it shows the dangers of Europe relying on American…
 • Dave Keating
Breaking down the end-of-year EU summit with Luke Johnson and Dave Keating
This week we saw some terrible optics for the European Union, but behind that there's actually good news for European unity and Ukraine.
 • Dave Keating and Luke Johnson
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EU summit ends with no frozen assets and no Mercosur deal
It's Meloni's Europe, and we're just living in it. The Italian prime minister last night killed two potentially powerful European instruments, damaging…
 • Dave Keating
Gulf Stream Blues
Gulf Stream Blues
A substack on European life and politics from a unique perspective, written by Brussels-based American-European journalist Dave Keating.
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