The Aukus scheme meant an existing contract for France to build diesel-powered submarines was cancelled.Some senior European officials suggested that allowing non-EU countries into the plans undermined the aim of having an independent EU supply chain,

The principle and details of this redesigned cooperation are currently being discussed with the partners," French armaments agency DGA told Defense News.

Eutelsat Communications SA, the European competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink, said that the UK government will invest €163.3 million ($191 million), joining a France-led round into the company last month.

In a joint declaration, the UK and France agreed for the first time to coordinate the use of their nuclear deterrents in the face of “extreme threats to Europe”, according to a report

Flattery and pressure — coupled with President Trump’s growing dissatisfaction with President Vladimir V. Putin — have helped build momentum for new economic punishments.

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.

The European Union is still hoping for a rough outline of a deal, even after President Trump talked about sending the bloc a letter outlining tariffs that would be imposed Aug. 1.

France is missing out on the investor optimism that has defined Europe's markets this year, hamstrung by its strained public finances and political volatility that threatens to paralyse policy until at least 2027.