BERLIN – German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius hosted his French, British, Italian and Polish counterparts, along with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, at the Defense Ministry’s Bendlerblock headquarters on Friday for the latest meeting of the European Group of Five (E5). The gathering marked one year since the format was created to accelerate European defense cooperation amid Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. In a joint statement, the ministers reaffirmed their commitment to “