Caroline de Gruyter is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She currently lives in Brussels.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Army carry team moves a flagged-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor at Dover Air Force Base March 07, 2026 in Dover, Delaware.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and her Norwegian counterpart, Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, stand inside the operations room of a U34 submarine during a joint visit to a German naval base in Eckernfoerde, northern Germany, on Aug. 22, 2017.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives her annual State of the Union address during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 13, 2023.
A boy connects countries to their place on a map of Europe at the "Democracy Fest," which celebrates the 75th anniversary of Germany's Basic Law (Grundgesetz), prior to European parliamentary elections on May 24, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), speaks during a Patriots for Europe rally at Marriott Auditorium Hotel on February 08, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The far-right Patriots for Europe party has MEPs from 13 member states and is the third-largest group sitting in the European Parliament. The "Make Europe Great Again" rally in Madrid is a tribute to United States President Donald Trump's campaign and rhetoric, which the Patriots party is now emulating across Europe.
A collage photo illustration shows Donald Trump gesturing with arms wide. In front of him are headshots of Benjamin Netanyahu and Vlodymyr Zelensky, images of immigratns and ICE police, a tattered EU flag and America First signs.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to a group of European leaders on the sidelines of a summit in Kyiv on Feb. 24, the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
