Europeโ€™s leaders find no quick response to Trumpโ€™s bombshell on Ukraine

Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Ukraine and European allies have reasons to be worried about peace deal, expert says

FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute. She says that the signals coming from the Trump administration give European allies and particularly Ukraine “reason to be really worried” about the p…

US ‘wants to please Putin’: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview broadcast Monday that the US is trying to “please” Moscow after a shock policy shift on the Ukraine war under President Donald Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Europe’s cu…

The death of NATO? Europe in crisis over Trump-Putin talks

European leaders are meeting in Paris for an emergency summit on Ukraine, following last weekโ€™s call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. With NATOโ€™s most powerful member sidelining its allies in talks with Russia, is the U.S. still a reliable par…

โ€˜Allo โ€˜Allo! Europeโ€™s leaders get together dans Paris for emergency sommet | John Crace

Emmanuel Macron, Kier Starmer and others discuss Trump, Russia and Ukraine at hastily arranged conferenceEmmanuel Macron: Bienvenu รก Paris.Keir Starmer: Bonjour, Monsieur le President. Thank you for organising this โ€œonce-in-a-generationโ€ summit at such…

Germanyโ€™s Scholz: Itโ€™s โ€˜inappropriateโ€™ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.

Europe tries to shore up fragile unity as it realises it cannot rely on US

Leaders arrive at Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have divergedEurope live โ€“ latest updatesThey came smiling, but the task was immense. After dozens of summits at which a hesitant and discordant EU had fai…

Pacte vert : le revirement de Macron indigne ses alliรฉs

Lโ€™offensive antirรฉglementation du prรฉsident a semรฉ le doute sur son hรฉritage ร  matiรจre dโ€™รฉcologie et suscitรฉ la colรจre de nombreux membres de son propre parti.

France tries five suspected IS militants over kidnap of four journalists in Syria

One suspect, Mehdi Nemmouche, is serving a life sentence for a 2019 attack on a Jewish museum in BrusselsFive suspected Islamist terrorists accused of kidnapping and torturing four French journalists covering the war in Syria have gone on trial in Pari…

As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself โ€“ so is Macronโ€™s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But itโ€™s an idea whose time has comeThe startling contempt for Europeโ€™s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old,…

โ€˜They wanted to attack meโ€™: Aurore Clรฉment on violent premieres and smuggling bananas for Brando

As the film that caused havoc at its Paris premiere resurfaces, the great French actor looks back on an extraordinary career, from the furore of Meetings With Anna to the meltdown of Apocalypse Nowโ€˜People stood up and started to yell,โ€ says Aurore Clรฉm…

Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ, en mission pour le nuclรฉaire au sommet de lโ€™Europe

Les difficultรฉs politiques et รฉconomiques de l’Allemagne sont une bonne occasion de marquer des points ร  Bruxelles en matiรจre nuclรฉaire, estiment ses partisans.

Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ is on a nuclear mission as EU industry chief

With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.

How von der Leyen blindsided Brussels with her deregulation drive

The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โ€œsimplifyโ€ EU rules โ€” and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.

Macronโ€™s U-turn against EU green rules triggers internal revolt

The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.

UK โ€˜readyโ€™ to send peace-keepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says

Ahead of a crunch meeting in Paris on Monday, the U.K. leader commits to putting British troops in harm’s way to secure lasting peace.

Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US

Paris meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraineโ€™s future as US and Russian delegates prepare to meetThe sudden transatlantic chasm over Ukraine will be laid bare on Monday when US officials start preliminary talks in Riyadh with Russian …

As US recedes, NATO scrambles to find a new leader

The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโ€™s plans in flux.ย 

France confirms emergency European summit Monday in Paris

The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.

UKโ€™s Starmer to attend emergency European summit in Paris

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.

France hails a young heroine: Violette, conqueror of the waves

The 23-year-old has become the youngest solo sailor to race around the world. Now itโ€™s hoped her example will inspire a more intrepid generationWhen she set sail around the world from the west coast of France three months ago, Violette Dorange was bare…

France planning to host informal European summit on Ukraine, diplomatic sources say

France is in talks with its allies about holding an informal European summit on Ukraine on Monday, diplomatic sources said Saturday.ย Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg earlier said that Europe would not have a role in Ukraine peace talks plann…

One dies in attempted Channel crossing after small boat sinks off Calais coast

A further 69 people were rescued in what French authorities called a very busy night for crossingsOne person has died trying to cross the Channel in a small boat that sank off the coast of Calais, while 69 were rescued during what French authorities sa…

Europe quietly works on plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security

A group of European countries has been quietly working on a plan to send troops into Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia, AP has reported, saying the UK and France are at the forefront of the effort.

Ukraine could ‘drive out’ Putin if US armed Ukraine ‘to the teeth’, allowed attacks deep into Russia

European leaders are trying to make sense of a tough new line from Washington on issues including democracy and Ukraine’s future. As the Trump administration continues to upend trans-Atlantic conventions that have been in place since after World War I…

The day after: ‘Robust post-war reintegration plan critical for sustainable free democratic Ukraine’

US Vice President JD Vance has pledged that Washington seeks to secure a “lasting” peace as he held a first meeting with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Moscow. For in-depth analysis and a deeper pers…

Zelensky, Vance meet amid ‘preliminary posturing to establish parameters for peace negotiations’

A highly anticipated meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Vice President JD Vance is underway at the Munich Security Conference. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Dr Gavin Hall,…

EU proposes clampdown on green tech subsidies

A draft document seen by Euractiv reveals Brussels wants to halve the generous subsidy limits imposed during the pandemic.

Organic farmers deplore return of controversial weed killer

Belgium is once again allowing the use of a herbicide that could contaminate crops on farms several kilometres away.

Exclusive: France, Germany divided over how to retaliate to Trump tariff threats

Despite EU countries fronting an outward show of unity over the Trump White House’s tariff threats, dividing lines are emerging: some favour swift retaliatory action, others would prefer ongoing dialogue with the US. At stake is whether Europe can cont…

French citizens fail language tests for foreigners seeking residency

Stricter requirements could lead to 60,000 people being refused permission to remain, report findsEurope live โ€“ latest updatesThe French government has been accused of making its new language tests for foreigners seeking residency or nationality so har…

Trumpโ€™s return is an โ€˜electroshockโ€™ for Europe, says Macron

Europe needs a change of mindset on the economy and defense, Macron tells the Financial Times.

‘New steps, new commitments would be proof of good faith from this new Syrian authority’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged Syria’s new leaders to ensure “governance that is representative and respectful of all” at a Paris conference on the transition in the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad’s fall. For in-depth analy…

IA et tรฉlรฉcoms : itโ€™s a match!

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Syria’s quest for ‘national unity’: On paper, principles of diversity & inclusivity ‘almost perfect’

The Paris conference to chart Syriaโ€™s political future will include all segments of Syrian society except for the Kurdish-led administration in the northeast and loyalists of the repressive former government of Bashar Assad. Interim president Ahmad al…

Ukraine war: Macron warns against โ€˜capitulationโ€™ as Trump suggests Russia may not make concessions

French president says yielding to Vladimir Putin would be โ€˜bad news for everyoneโ€™ amid fears of US and Russia deciding continentโ€™s future securityEmmanuel Macron has warned against a peace deal over the Ukraine war that would amount to โ€œcapitulationโ€ a…

Global disunity, energy concerns and the shadow of Musk: key takeaways from the Paris AI summit

AI Action Summit ends with US vice-president criticising European regulation and warning against cooperation with ChinaPolitical and business leaders descended on Paris this week for the third annual artificial intelligence summit with the technology c…

Les 30 couples de pouvoir les plus influents en 2025

A lโ€™occasion de la Saint-Valentin, POLITICO a listรฉ les couples les plus influents de lโ€™annรฉe.

Macron: ‘Peace that is a capitulation’ in Ukraine would be ‘bad news’ for all

French President Emmanuel Macron described Donald Trumpโ€™s return to the White House as an โ€œelectroshockโ€ that should force Europe to secure its own future as well as Ukraineโ€™s, in an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday. The French p…

‘In the AI field, there will be an increasingly fragmented regulatory environment’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly rejected Elon Musk’s $97 billion unsolicited bid, explaining to attendees at a Paris summit on AI that the company is not for sale. OpenAI is controlled by a nonprofit board bound to its original mission of safely bu…

Russia should rejoin G7, Trump says

Moscow never would have invaded Ukraine if it still had a seat at the table, the president insisted.

Macron urges Syria’s interim government to join US-led anti-extremist coalition

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urgedย Syria’s interim government toย cooperate with a U.S.-led coalition fighting against extremist groups,ย amid uncertainty over the United Statesโ€™ commitment to the region. The president spoke at aย confere…

‘Kremlin not interested in peace: Objective to terrorise Ukraine into submission, into capitulation’

Ukraine has warned against Kremlin attempts to divide the world after US President Donald Trump revealed he plans to begin peace talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen welcomes O…

Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

Europe lacks a master plan for Donald Trumpโ€™s new world disorder

There is a “mix of fear and denial,” according to one European official who spoke to POLITICO.

Qatar plans to rein in future French investments amid โ€˜witch huntโ€™ into PSG boss

Nasser al-Khelaรฏfi is under formal investigation again, but Paris denies that has affected Doha’s plans in France.

What’s next? Austria’s political crisis deepens after failed coalition talks with far right

PRESS REVIEW โ€“ Thursday, February 13: The political crisis in Austria deepens after coalition government talks fail once again and far-right leader Herbert Kickl gives back the mandate to form a coalition. What’s next? Also: French Prime Minister Fran…

Intelligence artificielle : Keep on rolling, rolling !

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โ€˜There is fear of what lies aheadโ€™: Germans divided as snap election looms

Voters share which party they are backing on key issues from immigration to economic stagnation amid a fractured political landscapeโ€œI live in Germanyโ€™s oldest city, founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago,โ€ said Gregor, 59, from Trier, a town of ab…

Trumpโ€™s uphill battle to make NATO allies hit his mega defense spending target

There is broad agreement to boost defense spending โ€” but the U.S. president’s call for 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.

No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks, leaders say after Trump-Putin call

Statement from countries including France, Germany and UK comes after US president says he and Putin are ready to begin talksEuropean powers, including Britain, France and Germany, have said they have to be part of any future negotiations on the fate o…

Trumpโ€™s plan for Ukraine a great deal โ€” โ€˜for the Kremlin,โ€™ Kyivโ€™s backers say

“Letโ€™s not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโ€™s interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ€ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.

Ukraine war briefing: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, say European ministers

If we canโ€™t join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086 Nothing about ending Russiaโ€™s war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, Europea…

Europe steps-up AI investment to counter fierce US-China competition [Advocacy Lab Content]

โ€˜Game Onโ€™ for Europe? A โ‚ฌ100 bn injection into Franceโ€™s AI sector, the EUโ€™s โ‚ฌ200 bn for InvestAI, and โ‚ฌ150 bn in venture capital for the EU AI Champions Initiative.

Trump and Putin stun Europe with peace plan for Ukraineย 

U.S. president announces that talks with Russia’s leader on ending the war will start โ€œimmediately,โ€ after his defense chief warns that Ukraineโ€™s peace goals wonโ€™t be met.

Flight costs from France to rise as government more than doubles air tax

โ€˜Solidarity taxโ€™ to go up in move criticised as โ€˜irresponsibleโ€™ by Air France, as Ryanair threatens to cut flights in countryThe cost of flights from France will rise next month when the government more than doubles its โ€œsolidarity taxโ€ on tickets.The …

French PM says heโ€™ll sue media outlet that alleged he didnโ€™t act after priest was accused of raping child

The allegations concern officials at the school that Bayrou’s own children attended.

French investigators say โ€˜all hypotheses remain openโ€™ in deaths of British couple

Prosecutor confirms body of Dawn Searle was found semi-clothed outside with head injuries caused by several blowsFrench police say they are still investigating the deaths of a British couple whose bodies were found in their rural home in Aveyron in the…

Von der Leyen labels Trumpโ€™s VP an ally after first meeting

First high-level meeting with Trump official strikes surprisingly positive note after he slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Macron says โ€˜itโ€™s normalโ€™ Musk skipped AI summit in Paris

The French president said the tech mogul’s absence was due to his new role assisting the Trump administration.

‘AfD becoming strong in German Parliament: Increasingly difficult to form coalitions excluding them’

In the lead-up to Germany’s Parliamentary Elections, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his conservative election arch rival Friedrich Merz of planning an immigration crackdown that would “bury Europe”. For in-depth analysis and a deeper persp…

UK and US fail to sign declaration on making AI โ€˜safe for allโ€™ at Paris summit โ€“ as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read all our Europe coverage here JD Vance continues, talking about โ€œrevolutionary applicationsโ€ of AI and the need to deregulate to allow for its fast development and its roll out.Our administration, the Trump administ…

Inside the divided coalition coming for the Green Deal

Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.

The EUโ€™s ticking debt bomb โ€” and why it matters for its next budget

Repayment of the EU’s โ‚ฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.

Paris follows a cut-price Olympics with a low-cost AI summit

France is hosting a global artificial intelligence summit that costs far less than the U.K.’s 2023 affair.

Spain pushes to double EU budget to over โ‚ฌ2 trillion

Madrid wants governments to be jointly liable for borrowing huge amounts of money to boost the bloc’s coffers.

Greece presses France over missile sale to Turkey

Turkey wants to buy Eurofighters equipped with air-to-air Meteor missiles.

Macron touts Europe and trolls Trump at Paris AI summit

โ€˜Choose Europe and France for AI,โ€™ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declarationEmmanuel Macron touted Europe and France as artificial intelligence powerhouses, amid speculation that the US and UK are playing hardball over…

Les 9 personnalitรฉs ร  suivre au Sommet pour lโ€™IA ร  Paris

Les universitaires peuvent avoir autant dโ€™influence que les โ€œtech brosโ€ pour inciter les dirigeants politiques ร  investir dans cette technologie puissante et ร  en dรฉfinir les garde-fous.

Macron picks close ally to lead court that could decide Le Penโ€™s fate

Richard Ferrand’s appointment drew criticism even before being made official.

โ€˜Engine of inequalityโ€™: delegates discuss AIโ€™s global impact at Paris summit

Emmanuel Macronโ€™s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainableEurope live โ€“ latest updatesBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesThe impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured i…

French billionaire: Musk is โ€˜the worldโ€™s greatest entrepreneur and โ€ฆ sometimes a dickโ€™

Xavier Niel shared his brutally honest assessment of the tech icon during an interview Monday.

UK could snub Macronโ€™s AI declaration after US criticism

French diplomat plays down importance of declaration as focus shifts to AI sovereignty.

Artificial Intelligence: ‘Most obvious use cases are related to information retrieval & synthesis’

Heads of state, top government officials, CEOs and scientists from 100 countries are meeting for an AI summit in Paris, where challenging diplomatic talks are expected as tech titans fight for dominance in the fast-moving technology industry. For in-d…

Macron pledges to catch up with Trump with โ‚ฌ109B AI investment

“We have to be in the race,” the French president says.

Macron takes swipe at Trump with โ€˜plug, baby, plugโ€™ comment at AI summit โ€“ as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read all our Europe news here The Swedish prosecutor leading on the investigation into the ร–rebro shooting has confirmed this morning the identity of the perpetrator as Rickard Andersson, a former student at Campus Risb…

Tariffs on EU will raise prices for Americans, Macron tells CNN

French President Emmanuel Macron told CNN in an interviewย aired Sunday that he would not have any qualms about confronting Donald Trump head-on should the US president make good on his threats to impose tariffs on Europe. Macron also warned that Ameri…

Britain ditches AI declaration, pitches for cash

SNEAK PEEK โ€” As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ€” Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ€” Back at home, thereโ€™s a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

Sommet sur lโ€™IA : Mistral gagnant

AU MENU โ€” Au Sommet sur lโ€™IA, le champion Mistral bien dรฉcidรฉ ร  prendre la lumiรจre. โ€” Lโ€™IA au garde-ร -vous ร  lโ€™Ecole militaire. โ€” Le dรฉputรฉ Eric Bothorel part ร  lโ€™assaut du rรฉseau X. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes lundi 10 fรฉvrier et cโ€™est le grand jour : le Sommet franรงais sur [โ€ฆ]

Tech titans and government chiefs gather in Paris for landmark AI summit

Political and tech leaders convene in Paris for a summit co-hosted by French President Macron and Indian PM Modi to discuss AI governance, aiming for ethical, accessible AI and bolstering European sovereignty over the technology. The event, at Grand P…

France braces for trial of surgeon accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children

Joรซl Le Scouarnec has been charged with the rape or sexual assault of 299 patients from 1989 to 2014The biggest child abuse trial in French history will open in Brittany this month amid anger that a surgeon was allegedly able to attack hundreds of youn…