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.

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.

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.

Macron and Trump have โ€˜frank conversationโ€™ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine

The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.

Europe live: Ukraine will not accept US-Russia talks outcome if it is not involved, says Zelenskyy, as EU leaders meet for summit

Ukrainian president says his government has not been invited to planned talks on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, while EU leaders meet over Ukraineโ€™s futureSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of…

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,…

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.

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.

Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says

It was not immediately clear which European leaders would be invited to the emergency meeting.

90 minutes that changed Ukraine, ‘Uncle Sam & Uncle Sucker’, AI unleashed, Musk v Altman

This week, Moscow got what it wanted. A Trump-Putin call ended with talk of visits and no NATO future for Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin steps back in, Volodymyr Zelensky risks being shut out and the EU warned of a behind-the-scenes deal.ย In Gaza, the tru…

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!

AU MENU โ€” Le deal gagnant-gagnant des opรฉrateurs tรฉlรฉcoms avec des IA gรฉnรฉratives. โ€” Les datacenters ont les yeux plus gros que le ventre, selon RTE. โ€” Protection des donnรฉes : la CNIL se rode face aux modรจles dโ€™IA, avec Mistral pour cas pratique. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes vendredi 14 fรฉvrier. [โ€ฆ]

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…

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…

Was India’s Modi snubbed by Macron at the Paris AI summit?

Out-of-context videos have fuelled a false rumour that French President Emmanuel Macron “ignored” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was his co-chair of the Paris AI Action summit. Initially sourced back to pro-Russian media outlets, the falseh…

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.

Karim Bouamrane : lโ€™ambition derriรจre la com

Le mรฉdiatique maire de Saint-Ouen rรชve dโ€™un rรดle national, et peine ร  sโ€™en cacher.

Intelligence artificielle : Keep on rolling, rolling !

AU MENU โ€” Le jour dโ€™aprรจs, la petite musique de la dรฉrรฉgulation de lโ€™IA continue de monter. โ€” Un rapport parlementaire pointe les avantages de Starlink pour connecter les trains. โ€” Nouveau retard au dรฉcollage pour la PPLย anti-fast fashion. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes jeudi 13 fรฉvrier, et vous lisez Tech Matin [โ€ฆ]

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.

Et vous, comment รฉtait votre sommet ?

AU MENU โ€” De la sรฉcuritรฉ ร  lโ€™action : comment le monde sโ€™est laissรฉ sรฉduire par lโ€™IA. โ€” Mรฉga-datacenters, mรฉgadoutes ? โ€” Les enfants ont leur nouvel ange gardien. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes mercredi 12 fรฉvrier et le Sommet pour lโ€™IA est dรฉjร  (enfin ?) terminรฉ. Pour fรชter รงa, Tech Matin [โ€ฆ]

World leaders and tech bosses focus on innovation Paris AI summit โ€“ย video highlights

Collaboration and opportunity were at the centre of the talks, as JD Vance urged his โ€˜European friendsโ€™ to view the technology with โ€˜optimism rather than trepidationโ€™. The US and the UK refused to sign a declaration on โ€˜inclusive and sustainableโ€™ artif…

Au Sommet sur lโ€™IA, le vice-prรฉsident amรฉricain met en garde lโ€™Europe contre une rรฉglementation trop stricte

JD Vance a plaidรฉ en faveur de “rรฉgimes rรฉglementaires internationaux qui favorisent la crรฉation” face ร  la “rรฉvolution” de l’intelligence artificielle qui vient.

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.

UK, US snub Paris AI summit statementย 

Trump administration officials had expressed reservations over language calling for โ€œinclusive and sustainableโ€ AI.

JD Vance warns Europe toย go easy onย tech regulation in major AI speech

U.S. vice president pushes for “international regulatory regimes that foster creation” ahead of the artificial intelligence “revolution.”

โ€˜Dickโ€™ vs. โ€˜pimpโ€™: Elon Musk and French billionaire trade insults

Musk resurfaced a decades-old controversy about Xavier Nielโ€™s past after the French billionaire jokingly called him a โ€œdick.โ€

EU makes โ‚ฌ20B push into computing power for AI

Bloc aims to catch up with U.S. and China in global AI race.

Time to sign?

SNEAK PEEK โ€” JD Vance lands in Paris as the U.K. tries to get on message.ย  โ€”ย Peter Kyle says an AI bill will avoid upsetting voluntary agreement with AI labs. โ€”ย The U.K.โ€™s own mini-summit kicks off in London. Good morning and happy Tuesday, This is Tom, coming to you from a cold press room in [โ€ฆ]

At AI Summit, ‘Macron puts EU in front of contradiction: Falling behind yet fearful of accelerating’

President Emmanuel Macron announced France would slash through red tape to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, aiming to keep Europe in the running for the technology’s hoped-for benefits at a global summit in Paris. Co-hosted with Indi…

Flop ou pas flop : journรฉe dรฉcisive pour le Sommet sur lโ€™IA

AU MENU โ€” Suspens : qui signera la grande dรฉclaration finale au Grand Palais ? โ€” Impact environnemental de lโ€™IA : en avant lโ€™autorรฉgulation. โ€” Des entreprises dโ€™IA sโ€™engagent pour protรฉger les enfants. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous,ย nous sommes mardi 11 fรฉvrier et vous lisez Tech matin. Pour ce dernier jour de sommet, votre [โ€ฆ]

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.

Muskโ€™s shadow hangs over Macronโ€™s AI summit

The special relationship that the French president tried to nurture with the tech billionaire never really bore fruit.

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.

Musk says heโ€™s not coming to Paris for Macronโ€™s AI summit

Donald Trump’s top lieutenant says he has “critical work in Washington DC.”

The 9 AI power players at the Paris AI Action Summit

Academics can be as influential as tech bros in swaying policymakers to both invest in and set guardrails for the powerful technology.

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.

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

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

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]

Franceโ€™s great AI hope sees opportunity in Chinaโ€™s chatbot success

Mistral AI co-founder says China’s artificial intelligence breakthrough offers inspiration for Europe in the global AI race.

The EUโ€™s new AI mantra: Weโ€™re open for business

The European Union has pivoted to cheering AI innovation, laying less emphasis on rules that curb potential threats.

Macron says ready to respond to any US tariffs on Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a CNN interview aired Sunday that US tariffs on Europe could fuel American inflation. Macron vowed to confront Donald Trump over his financial threats, suggesting that the EU should not be a top priority for …

Trump is rattling Europe. Heโ€™s sending Vance as his emissary.

The vice president will mingle with world leaders in Munich and Paris at a time when the White House has made clear itโ€™s not afraid to shred old alliances.

‘Nicely done’: Macron promotes Paris AI summit with deepfakes of himself

French President Emmanuel Macron used artificial intelligence-generated videos of himself dancing, rapping and acting in a spy film to promote a technology summit opening in Paris on Monday. In a social media post, he highlighted AIโ€™s potential while …

Britain led the world on AI safety. Now itโ€™s waiting for Trump.

Labour promised tough new rules for the worldโ€™s leading AI developers. But as Trump returns, ministers are thinking again.

First high-end French fighter jets arrive in Ukraine

The warplanes will help defend Ukraine against Russian attacks.

Macron becomes first EU leader to speak with Syriaโ€™s new president

The French president also invited al-Sharaa to travel to Paris.

French defence minister says first Mirage 2000 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine

The French air force has transferred the first of the promised Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine, Defence Minister Sรฉbastien Lecornu said on Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron announced in June that France would transfer the aircraft to Ukraine a…

French PM Franรงois Bayrou survives first confidence vote

National Rally and Socialists did not back no-confidence motion tabled by hard-left France Unbowed The French prime minister, Franรงois Bayrou, has survived an initial confidence vote in parliament called for by the hard left, after the far-right Nation…

Keir Starmer opts not to attend international AI summit in Paris

Exclusive: PM risks upsetting host Emmanuel Macron and missing chance to speak to JD Vance and Elon MuskKeir Starmer has decided not to travel to Paris for next weekโ€™s international summit on artificial intelligence, despite the attendance of other wor…

‘Bayrou needs to be careful about managing a lot of very sensitive groups in French Parliament’

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing space after less than two months in office. All the while, risk analysis firm Eurasia Group is giving a 70-percent chance that the …

Poland spends big on arms to stay friends with Trump

Defense Minister Wล‚adysล‚aw Kosiniak-Kamysz warns that Europe must spend more “to retain the presence of the Americans in Europe.”

EU leaders deflect Trump on Greenland and on tariffs

EU leaders are looking for a way to keep Trump from invading the Danish territory.

EU will stand up for itself in face of Trump tariffs threat, Macron says

French president and other leaders call for cooperation with Washington but vow a robust response if neededThe EU will stand up for itself if its interests are targeted, Emmanuel Macron has said, as the blocโ€™s leaders urged talks but a firm response if…

‘Unnecessary and stupid’: European leaders react to tariffs โ€“ video

The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the EU should do all it can to avoid โ€œtotally unnecessary and stupid tariff wars” after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European goods. Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said such a move would …

Macron turns to billionairesย to help pay for his legacy

After the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame cathedral, Macron has a new pet project: the Louvre.

EU ready to react to โ€˜unnecessary and stupidโ€™ tariffs threatened by Trump, leaders say โ€“ as it happened

EU leaders signal that the bloc would be prepared to retaliate against the US if Donald Trump follows through on tariff threatsEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has just been addressing the media on her arrival in Brussels.She spoke about the need fo…

Von der Leyen and Rutte rock casual sneakers look at EU retreat

They join politicians from Rishi Sunak to Emmanuel Macron in putting their best feet forward.

France appoints new ambassador to Moscow after months of vacancy

Nicolas de Riviรจre’s nomination has been in the works for months, at a time when French-Russian relations are at an all-time low.
The post France appoints new ambassador to Moscow after months of vacancy appeared first on Euractiv.

Ukraine peace talks without Kyiv would send โ€˜very dangerousโ€™ signal: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president’s remarks came after Trump said U.S. and Russian officials wereย โ€œalready talkingโ€ bilaterally about the war in Ukraine.ย 

Why Starmer might need to bring back Blair

Britain’s prime minister is seemingly always overseas, and some allies wish heโ€™d delegate more of the diplomatic grind โ€” just as his predecessor did.

Olympic balloon to return to Paris skies every summer until the 2028 Los Angeles Games

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday that the cauldron balllon is set to return to the French capital every year until the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Macron said the balloon would return to the same place where it was launched during the Gam…

The highly political French fight against drug trafficking

‘Tough on crime’ ministersย Bruno Retailleau and Gรฉrald Darmanin are topping opinion polls.
The post The highly political French fight against drug trafficking appeared first on Euractiv.

Can a bodybuilding YouTuber rejuvenate French conservatism?

Tibo InShape is wading into politics, and the establishment has taken note.

Chasing the Don: How EU politicians are jockeying for position with Trump

From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.

French PMโ€™s immigration remarks put Socialists in an urgent budget bind

“He for sure didn’t help us,” says a Socialist MP involved in negotiations with the government.

Europeโ€™s leaders plot to stop Trump from taking Greenlandย 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warns Trump not to take territory by force as EU leaders prepare to discuss Greenland tensions at a Feb. 3 summit.ย 

Macron unveils plans to move โ€˜Mona Lisa,โ€™ build new Louvre entrance as billions in budget cuts loom

The French president said the project would be paid for by the museum’s own resources and private donors, not taxpayer money.

Danish PM marshals European support against Trump’s threats to Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen received pledges of support on Tuesday from European leaders in the face of US President Donald Trump’s threats to Greenland on a whirlwind tour that included talks withย German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French Pre…

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen seeks European support over Trump’s Greenland bid

Frederiksen, who met on Tuesday with European leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, said she had received ‘a great deal of support’ from Europe following Donald Trump’s …

France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says

The comments came as Denmark’s prime minister travels to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up support from allies.

‘A source of French pride’? Louvre museum’s poor conditions prompt outcry

The director of the Louvre last week sent a memo to Franceโ€™s culture minister detailing the dilapidated state of the Paris museum, spurring President Emmanuel Macron to organise a visit on Tuesday. Union members say up until now their complaints about…

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025 โ€“ in pictures

Eighty years on from the day Soviet troops arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, survivors, international heads of state and dignitaries gathered at the site in Poland where more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. Intern…

Avec le retour de Trump, lโ€™Europe accรฉlรจre les nรฉgociations commerciales tous azimuts

L’Union europรฉenne a conclu une sรฉrie dโ€™accords depuis que les Etats-Unis sont passรฉs en mode protectionniste intรฉgral.

As Trump returns, the EU rediscovers the art of the trade deal

The European Union has clinched a string of pacts after the United States, its top trading partner, flipped into full protectionist mode.