MUNICH, Germany — Germany will be the prime European target of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tariffs once he's in office, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Saturday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, said the second presidency of Donald Trump would bring clarity for the European Union as he hosted conservative EU heavyweights in Berlin.

European nations will struggle to pick up the pieces if Donald Trump reduces US support for Ukraine - while the incoming president may also favour leaders who follow his own playbook.

The list of big-time events that will take place on Trump’s watch is formidable: There is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the U.S. Semiquincentennial celebration of the nation’s birthday next year. The 2026 World Cup. The 2028 Olympics. (And, on a more somber note, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.)

Two experts have told Euronews that the EU must ready itself to stand firm in the face of belligerence from an incoming Donald Trump regime. #TheEuropeConversation

Ericsson AB’s head urged European politicians to cut red tape in the technology and telecommunications sectors to avoid a widening gap with the US that he said will likely get worse under incoming US President Donald Trump.

Flanked by U.S. flags, President-elect Donald Trump reeled off a list of tech bosses who had flocked to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to meet him following his election victory.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday, her office confirmed on Saturday. Meloni will be one of the highest-profile European politicians to attend the event.

American political experts have warned that Keir Starmer risks damaging the Special Relationship, but a trade deal is there for the taking if he wants one.

EU nations have missed their NATO spending commitments by $650billion since 2014, exclusive analysis by Facts4EU and GB News can reveal. Analysis revealed Germany to be largest under spenders on defence over the last ten years (-$195billion),

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