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Work to operationalize the European Union’s mutual defense clause should concentrate on circumstances that fall “below the threshold” of NATO’s Article 5, the bloc’s top military official has told Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING General Seán Clancy, Chair of the EU’s Military Committee, told Euronews over the weekend that his services “stand ready” to help with redefining […]

Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure – a hallmark of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – have left more than a million citizens without electricity, water and heating as temperatures plunge as low as -23°C. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The EU has sent Ukraine nearly 10,000 generators since the invasion was launched in 2022, and EU […]

Published on 16/02/2026 – 18:22 GMT+1•Updated 18:34 Failing to recognize that it is now essential to advance the digital euro is harming Europe, German Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil told journalists on Monday, ahead of a meeting of euro area ministers in Brussels. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The digital euro, a legislative proposal currently being discussed […]

The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, is planning to travel to Washington later this week to attend the first formal gathering of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Euronews understands. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The move signals Brussels is not prepared to fully write off cooperation with the Trump-chaired board, even if most EU […]

ByFortunato Pinto&Euronews Published on 16/02/2026 – 10:16 GMT+1 Italy will attend the first meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as an observer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Saturday, citing constitutional concerns that prevented Rome from joining as a full member. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Meloni made the announcement during a visit to […]

Published on 16/02/2026 – 10:04 GMT+1 Just days ago, NATO chief Mark Rutte told Europe to “keep dreaming” if they think they can defend themselves without the US. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen fired back during the Munich Security Conference. “An independent Europe just means let’s develop our strengths without […]

Published on 02/16/2026 – 9:18 GMT+1•Updated 9:21 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference was not an “olive branch” to Europeans and transmitted a sense of “calm before the next tempest” in the trans-Atlantic relationship, Fabrice Pothier, the CEO of Rasmussen Global, has told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today. […]

Good Morning. In the Mared Gwyn bringing you this Monday newsletter with our EU correspondent Maia de La Baume. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the Munich Security Conference (MSC) seems to have split European into two camps: those who breathed a sigh of relief at his softer tone and talk […]

On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING EU editor Maria Tadeo fills us in on what happened this weekend at the Munich Security Conference We interview Fabrice Pothier, the CEO of Rasmussen Global – who previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the NATO Alliance. Jakub Janas explains what is this European mutual defense clause everyone […]

Published on 02/16/2026 – 7:30 GMT+1 Russia is reinforcing its strategic assets in the Arctic and building up new facilities along the border with Finland, the Scandinavian country’s defense minister told Euronews, stressing the Arctic is “critical” to European defense. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Russia has most of their biggest strategic capabilities in nuclear, submarines, long-range bombers […]