https://www.scmp.com/rss/520014/feed Friedrich Merz is leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A short trip to Germany instead of the planned state visit. A four-way meeting in the Chancellery instead of the conference in Ramstein to coordinate future aid for Ukraine with some 50 participating states, including numerous heads of state and government. With Hurricane Milton in Florida preventing US President Joe Biden from adhering to his planned itinerary, the entire European political scene was thrown off course. There is no other way to describe the events of the past 14 days. Worse yet,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3284266/europeans-cold-war-nostalgia-are-no-help-ukraine-or-themselves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3284266/europeans-cold-war-nostalgia-are-no-help-ukraine-or-themselves?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:30:10 +0000