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Good Morning. In the Mared Gwyn with your Tuesday morning newsletter. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Commission is sending a representative to attend the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday – but is not becoming a member due to persistent concerns about the Board’s scope, governance, and overlap with the United […]

EU countries need to “urgently coordinate” to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, such as flooding, severe storms, and heatwaves, a report from the EU’s advisory board on climate change warned on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The scientific report from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) urges the EU27 to strengthen […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 8:00 GMT+1 Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still importing Russian steel – and not everyone is happy about it. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Next week, MEPs and EU member states will begin negotiations on whether to ban Russian steel outright. What began as a sanctions debate has […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 7:51 GMT+1•Updated 11:08 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina fills us in on a new round of Ukraine peace talks starting today in Geneva. Giorgia Orlandi reports from Euronews Italy on the latest developments surrounding Italy’s involvement with Trump’s Board of Peace. Interview with Saurabh Kumar, Indian […]

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 […]