US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (right) speaks with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte (centre) and Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defence ministers format at Nato headquarters in Brussels, February 13, 2025
NATO exercises not involving US troops have begun across Greece, Bulgaria and Romania as European members of the Washington-led alliance reel from Wednesday evening’s address by US Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth.
The Steadfast Dart manoeuvres are led by the British military and involve nine countries, including another nuclear power, France. Commanders billed them as a bid to show Nato is able to effectively deploy force in eastern Europe without the United States, which has signalled under President Donald Trump that it is no longer prepared to contribute financially or militarily to the Ukraine war.
Greek and Spanish marines led an amphibious assault near the Greek city of Volos today in the first deployment of Nato’s new Allied Reaction Force. The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) staged protests at the deployments.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
