Merz
5 briefs
The EU AI Act Talks Collapsed. The Deadline They Were Trying to Move Did Not.
Negotiators failed to agree on a delay. High-risk AI compliance is still due August 2. The failure is not a stalemate; it is an accidental victory for the hardliners.
Trump Broke the EU Car Deal He Made at His Own Golf Course. The Reason He Gave Does Not Hold.
The Turnberry deal lowered EU auto tariffs to 15% last July. Trump raised them back to 25% without citing a specific EU violation. The EU's trade chief meets his US counterpart in Paris tomorrow.
Trump Pulls 5,000 Troops from Germany. NATO's Nervous System Just Got Cut.
The withdrawal is not about Germany's defense spending. It is punishment for Merz saying the obvious about Iran.
Merz's Trade: Give Russia the Land, Get Ukraine into the EU
Germany's chancellor told students on Monday that Ukraine may need to cede territory to secure peace, and that EU membership could be the prize offered in return. He was the first major Western leader to say this out loud.
Europe Is Trying to Win a War the US Stopped Funding
Zelenskyy rejected a 'NATO-light' deal in Berlin, signed 10 defense agreements with Germany, and now expects a $105 billion EU loan after Orban's election loss. The market says there's still only a 10.5% chance of a ceasefire by June 30.