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EU Focus on Security in Gdansk. Rutte Urges War Readiness
3 February 2025
During a week when Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected as the European Commission President, Joe Biden pulled out of the US Presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democrat ticket. The question now is whether the US Vice President will officially be nominated to run against Donald Trump, and therefore join Ursula von der Leyen in leading the defence of the West’s democratic principles.
On 22 July, EU foreign ministers will meet to decide whether to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit in Budapest on 28-29 August, in response to Viktor Orbán’s controversial meetings with Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
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