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10:07 GMT+1 European Commission to hold Security College on Thursday European Commissioners will convene on Thursday for a Security College, an official confirmed to Euronews. This will be the second time this format will be held after being created in March last year by Ursula von der Leyen in March in order for Commissioners to […]

For the past four years, European leaders have been working overtime to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity against Russia’s war of aggression, often putting together strongly worded statements of condemnation, holding phone calls at late hours and getting together for hastily convened crisis meetings. But this past weekend, the script flipped in dramatic fashion. […]

As pressure mounts to calibrate a joint European Union response to the United States’s threats over Greenland, EU leaders with ties to US President Donald Trump have yet to push back hard against his latest statements. Trump threatened on Saturday to impose a 10% extra tariff on goods from European countries that oppose the sale […]

European Union leaders are gearing up for a crunch week as they seek to defuse an escalating tariff conflict with the United States over Greenland, while also preparing a response should US President Donald Trump impose additional tariffs on six member states on February 1. In a meeting in Brussels on Sunday, EU ambassadors called […]

German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Lars Klingbeil told journalists on Monday that the European Union must be prepared to use its full arsenal of retaliatory measures to push back against threats from United States President Donald Trump. “Europeans must make clear the limit has been reached,” the German minister said. “There is a legally established […]

9:14 GMT+1 Rutte to meet with Danish, Greenland ministers this afternoon Here’s an important meeting to monitor today: NATO chief Mark Rutte will receive Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Research of Greenland, Vivian Motzfeldt. The meeting, which was announced on Friday before Trump revealed his plan to […]

Good morning from Brussels. Officials and diplomats in this city are still reeling this morning after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap an extra 10% tariff on eight European countries — including Denmark, Germany and France — next month, rising to 25% in June, unless Greenland’s sale to the US is agreed. Financial markets […]

Published on 19/01/2026 – 7:38 GMT+1 European lawmakers say they will not be blackmailed, as they respond to President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs against countries voicing support for Greenland. And with the US president signaling a tougher economic stance towards allies, concern is growing in Brussels of a looming trade war. For more on […]

Pressure is growing on European leaders to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States after President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs if Denmark does not agree to sell the territory of Greenland. In a scenario of coercion, the EU counts with a powerful tool in the anti-coertion instrument, and calls are intensifying for Brussels […]