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Good Morning. I’m Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to start your Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen want to meet President Emmanuel Macron in Paris later today – amid reports that Macron discretely sent his most senior diplomat, Emmanuel Bonne, to meet his Russian counterpart Iouri Ouchakov in Moscow earlier this week. […]

Published on 05/02/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1 On today’s show: Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo interviews Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, at the World Governance Conference in Dubai. Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina reports on the peace talks taking place in Abu Dhabi. Jakub Janas explains the EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine. An interview with […]

As Arctic ice retreats and geopolitical tensions harden, NATO’s northern flank is emerging as one of the alliance’s most consequential and neglected theaters, and Europe is now confronting a hard truth: it is strategically underprepared to play a role in a region that is set to become a key military and economic corridor. Most European […]

Published on 04/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 An extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament will be held in Brussels on February 24 to mark the fourth anniversary of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia, and to approve a €90 billion loan to Kyiv from European Union member states. The decision was taken during the Parliament’s Conference of […]

Two weeks after US President Donald Trump dropped his tariff threats over Greenland, EU lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to resume work on enforcing the EU-US trade deal. The agreement, struck in July 2024 by Trump European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, sets US tariffs at 15% on EU exports, while the EU committed to […]

Published on 04/02/2026 – 16:58 GMT+1•Updated 17:24 European Union countries have reached a deal to issue a €90 billion loan to meet Ukraine’s financial and military needs for 2026 and 2027, with Brussels aiming to make the first payment in early April to save Kyiv from a sudden drop-off in foreign aid. The agreement on […]

Published on 04/02/2026 – 16:11 GMT+1 Active wars near EU borders and disinformation have emerged as the greatest concerns for European citizens, according to a Eurobarometer survey published by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The survey, conducted last autumn, found 72% of respondents expressed high concern about active wars near EU borders, whilst 69% said […]

The European Union should appoint a special envoy to reopen diplomatic channels with Russia as part of the ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, the prime minister of Latvia and the president of Estonia told Euronews in separate interviews. The comments reflect a rapid shift in Europe’s strategic thinking when it comes to […]

Published on 04/02/2026 – 13:55 GMT+1 European Union countries looking to impose additional restrictions on social media platforms should be careful not to tread on the European Commission’s toes, a spokesman for the executive said on Wednesday after Spain announced it would ban social media for under-16s. “Of course we value the fact that member […]

The fatal shootings of two Minneapolis residents, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, by agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have sparked outrage far beyond the United States amid criticism that the agents used disproportionate force. That anger intensified when Italian authorities confirmed that ICE personnel would be present in Italy during the […]