Jacopo Barigazzi

Brussels, Brussels Capital

Senior Defense Correspondent at POLITICO Europe

Senior defense correspondent, POLITICO. Increasingly fed up with X, increasingly on BlueSky.

Articles

Trump’s 5 percent defense spending target seemed far-fetched. Now not so much

3 days ago | politico.eu | Laura Kayali |Jacopo Barigazzi

NATO leaders are widely expected to give U.S. President Donald Trump a win in a few weeks as they fall in line over his demand that allies sharply increase defense spending. The main questions now are how to reach the new target and how long it will take. Alliance defense ministers are in Brussels Thursday to discuss a proposal to increase NATO's spending goal from the current 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent.
Kataloński językiem urzędowym UE? Kraje podzielone

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Aitor Hernández-Morales |Jacopo Barigazzi

W zamian za kluczowe poparcie potrzebne do utworzenia nowego rządu mniejszościowego w 2023 r. premier Hiszpanii Pedro Sanchez zawarł skomplikowaną umowę z katalońskimi separatystycznymi parlamentarzystami. Zobowiązał się w niej do uznania katalońskiego, baskijskiego i galicyjskiego za języki urzędowe UE.
Hiszpania chce uznać kataloński za język urzędowy. Kraje UE wciskają bieg wsteczny

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Aitor Hernández-Morales |Jacopo Barigazzi

W zamian za kluczowe poparcie potrzebne do utworzenia nowego rządu mniejszościowego w 2023 r. premier Hiszpanii Pedro Sanchez zawarł skomplikowaną umowę z katalońskimi separatystycznymi parlamentarzystami. Zobowiązał się w niej do uznania katalońskiego, baskijskiego i galicyjskiego za języki urzędowe.
EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Aitor Hernández-Morales |Jacopo Barigazzi

The rejection of Catalan as an official language in Brussels stands to trigger a political crisis in Madrid. In exchange for key support needed to form a new minority government in 2023, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez entered into an elaborate deal with Catalan separatist lawmakers in which he committed to getting Catalan, Basque and Galician recognized as official languages of the EU.
EU ambassadors agree on €150B defense lending scheme

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — EU ambassadors today agreed on the €150 billion Security Action For Europe (SAFE) loans for weapons regulation, three diplomats said. The agreement now needs to be formally adopted at a meeting of the General Affairs Council, made up of EU ministers, on May 27. Two of the diplomats said that Hungary abstained, but since the regulation was adopted with qualified majority Budapest wasn't able to block the initiative.
EU should open door to US on defense despite Trump, says Lithuanian minister

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi |Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — The EU should maintain strong defense ties with the U.S. despite its deteriorating relationship with President Donald Trump, Lithuania’s finance minister told POLITICO in an interview. Rimantas Šadžius cautioned against the EU shutting the door on U.S. defense companies when it comes to joint public procurement in response to growing tensions with Washington on issues as diverse as trade and freedom of speech.
Donald Trump interweniuje. Wojna wciąż wisi w powietrzu. "Sytuacja wywołała alarm na całym świecie"

4 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Jacopo Barigazzi

"Po długiej nocy rozmów, w których pośredniczyły Stany Zjednoczone, z przyjemnością ogłaszam, że Indie i Pakistan zgodziły się na PEŁNE I NATYCHMIASTOWE ZAWIESZENIE OGRANICZEŃ WOJENNYCH" — napisał Trump we wpisie opublikowanym na platformie Truth Social. W sobotę 10 maja rano obie strony przeprowadziły jedne z najcięższych nalotów od czasu rozpoczęcia najnowszej odsłony konfrontacji zbrojnej.
India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire, Trump says

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jacopo Barigazzi

3 hours agoThe craft was last detected over Germany and is believed to have completed an uncontrolled re-entry after a botched mission to Venus left it orbiting Earth for more than fifty years. A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back onto Earth early …
India-Pakistan conflict escalates closer to full-scale war

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi

India and Pakistan early Saturday exchanged some of the heaviest airstrikes since their armed confrontation began on Wednesday, prompting further calls for deescalation between the two nuclear-armed states. Pakistan said it began a counterattack after Indian jets struck three of its airbases with missiles, including Noor Airbase in Rawalpindi, which houses the army’s headquarters and is located close to the capital Islamabad, Bloomberg reported.
India-Pakistan conflict escalates closer to full-scale war

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jacopo Barigazzi

3 hours agoIndia - May 10, 2025 Pakistan launched a military operation against India, hitting key military assets including missile storage facilities and airfields in Udhampur, Adampur, and Pathankot. Pakistan said it was also conducting a sweeping cyber offensive aimed at crippling India’s government networks, energy infrastructure, telecommunications, and transportation systems.