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Calls are growing louder for the European Union to deploy its powerful “anti-coercion instrument” in response to US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs in the standoff over Greenland. Referred to as a “bazooka” or “nuclear” option, the instrument is intended to deter economic coercion against any of the EU’s 27 member states. FRANCE […]

Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country. The crash occurred Sunday at 7:45pm when the tail end of a train carrying 289 passengers on the route from Malaga to the capital, Madrid, went off the rails. […]

EU leaders are set to discuss countermeasures at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. One option is a package of tariffs on 93 billion euros ($107.7 billion) of US imports that could automatically kick in on February 6 after a six-month suspension. Trump vowed on […]

The EU’s anti-coercion instrument, which French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday mentioned activating after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs threats regarding Greenland, is a trade tool that the bloc adopted in 2023 but has never used. Compared by some to a “bazooka”, it aims to respond to any country using trade weapons to pressure an […]

Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian attacks, the emergency service said. Russia has hammered Ukraine’s power grid, especially in winter, throughout the nearly four-year war. The […]

EU member states are finding themselves in a “real bind” as they debate how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland, FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert said in an analysis. “This is the ultimate litmus test”, he said, adding that the issue boils down to Europe’s sovereignty and self-determination and whether it […]

FRANCE 24 Brussels correspondent Pierre Benazet talks about the closed-door crisis meeting between ambassadors from all 27 European Union members following US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on eight nations accused of opposing his efforts to annex the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland.

European governments blasted US President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland beginning next month. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are on Trump’s list, though it was not immediately clear if the tariffs would impact the European Union as […]

European nations threatened with new tariffs if they oppose US President Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland said on Sunday that they “stand united”. Such threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”, said a joint statement from the UK, France, Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Follow our liveblog for the latest […]

French President Emmanuel Macron will ask the EU to activate it’s ‘anti-coercion instrument’, dubbed its trade “bazooka”, if US President Donald Trump follows through with his threats to impose new tariffs on European countries who oppose his plans to purchase Greenland, his team said Sunday. An extraordinary meeting of EU ambassadors has been called in Brussels […]