You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on 17th February 2025 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to the Briefing.
Coming to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London, I'm Andrew Muller.
Coming up on today's program, many leaders have talked about Europe that needs its military,
an army, an army of Europe.
Will European leaders meeting in Paris agree
with the call of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a European military force?
Is Israel trying to redraw its ceasefire agreement with Hamas?
Has the US State Department signalled a shift in position on Taiwan?
Later in the show, EU is setting rules that impact German industry, that impact Germany's economy.
And for the first time in decades, Berlin isn't calling all shots.
The first episode of this week's series looking ahead to Germany's election.
And we'll find out why any jeans wearing listeners might shortly find themselves fashionable.
That's all coming up right here on the Briefing on Monocle Radio.
And welcome to today's edition of the Briefing with me, Andrew Muller.
It would be extremely easy to lose track of the number of wake up calls
that Europe has had in the last decade vis a vis the intentions of both Russia
and the United States.
It may be the case that Europe has heard the latest,
which came in the form of US Vice President J.D.