US to reduce troops in Europe to 2021 levels, Pentagon says

The scaling back would bring the number of US troops on the continent to that before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Pentagon said that was in line with Trump's 'America first' agenda.

Pentagon says it reduced US troop brigades in Europe from four to three

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was cutting the number of US Brigade Combat Teams stationed in Europe from four to three, returning troop levels to those seen in 2021 as Washington presses European allies to assume greater responsibility for regional defence. The move will temporarily delay the deployment of additional US forces to Poland.

By FRANCE 24

Poland welcomes U.S. statements that troop reduction there is temporary

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The European exchange student, so often a cheaply targeted figure of fun in American high school comedies, gets the leading point of view in “I’ll Be Gone in June,” an intelligent, vividly evocative coming-of-age portrait from promising German freshman director Katharina Rivilis. Following the perspective-shifting travails of a 16-year-old from small-town Germany as she’s deposited […]

By Guy Lodge

Europe, Israel should launch commission with Trump’s help - opinion

President Trump ended eight conflicts, and the EU should ask him to lead a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that would halt the over 2,000-year-old European-Israeli conflict.

NATO summit in Ankara should reaffirm alliance’s unity, Turkey to tell allies

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will tell NATO foreign ministers this week that the next NATO leaders’ summit, set for Ankara in July, should reaffirm the alliance’s unity and integrity, a foreign ministry source said on Wednesday. Fidan will attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Thursday and Friday in Sweden’s Helsingborg.Turkey will host […]

New Türkiye meets a fragmented Europe

Türkiye will host a historic NATO summit in Ankara on July 6-7. Yet despite the magnitude of this moment, there remains a narrow-minded tendency in parts of Europe to analyze Türki...

US confirms continued “strong military presence” in “model ally” Poland

However, the Pentagon's spokesman stopped short of confirming that there would be no reduction in troop numbers in Poland.

By Daniel Tilles