EU & NATO LEADERSHIP CRISIS
Growing criticism and calls for accountability targeting top European institutional leaders — including the heads of NATO, the European Commission and the EU foreign policy apparatus — over their perceived failure to articulate a coherent and independent European response to major geopolitical crises
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Starmer eyeing top NATO position – Observer
RTJun 29, 2026, 12:49 AM
Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly eyeing NATO's top job after resigning amid a Labour Party revolt, according to the Observer. The report links his departure from Downing Street to a potential bid for the alliance's leadership.
Gas, nukes, and historical bad blood: Can Eastern Europe pull itself together?
RTJun 24, 2026, 09:04 PM
Hungary, Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia — the Visegrád Group — are trying to present a united front against EU overreach, but face internal tensions over gas dependence, nuclear energy policy, and deep historical resentments. Whether they can cohere as a bloc remains uncertain.