Some of Thursday’s speeches reflected anger and dismay at U.S. policies but could not hide the ambivalence that many countries feel about this year’s climate talks.
U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil will lead the project, to the delight of Donald Trump’s energy czar.
Pulling out of the Paris climate agreement was not enough, an ex-aide to the U.S. president says on the eve of a summit in Brazil: “You have to potentially destroy it.”
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.
The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump.
The fate of the agreement will take center stage at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, which opens on Thursday in Brazil with a summit of heads of state. Signed in 2015, the treaty has slowed global warming, but has not limited it to a …
The U.K. prime minister is heading to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to show climate still matters Britain, even in the age of Trump. But back at home, Starmer blows hot and cold on all things green.
The EU heads to the COP30 climate summit with watered-down goals and dwindling green consensus.
Candidate countries to join the European Union showed optimism at the Euronews Enlargement Summit in Brussels on Tuesday, as new progress reports signaled movement towards membership. Montenegro, Albania and Moldova all aim to join the bloc over the ne…
The European Union said on November 5 it would slash carbon emissions by 90% by 2040, in an agreement widely seen as a weakening of the 27-nation bloc’s previous climate goals, after an overnight debate ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Brazil. …
Britain’s “incredibly supportive” of the initiative pushed by COP’s Brazilian hosts — but won’t be stumping up public money.
Ten years after nations worldwide adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and political backlash against clean energy.
European environment ministers have formally agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a tenth of 1990 levels by the end of the next decade, and given European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen a concrete mandate on the very eve of a summit of …
The deal avoids the EU going empty handed to the COP30 climate summit starting on Nov. 10.
Delegates say nerves are jangling as they anticipate disruption at COP30 from the US and its allies
Deep Ukrainian drone strikes hit petrochemical plant 1,300km inside Russia and Lukoil refinery east of Moscow. What we know on day 1,351 Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited troops in the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk oblast on Tuesday. “I met with our warriors at t…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised Ukraine’s commitment to its accession to the European Union at Euronews’ Enlargement Summit on Tuesday.
The EU and candidate countries do not always see eye to eye on the accession process and what needs to be done. They came together to thrash it out at an exclusive Euronews event. Here’s what you need to remember.
At Euronews’ Enlargement Summit in Brussels on Tuesday, key leaders called on Hungary to lift its veto on Ukraine’s EU accession.
Euronews’ Enlargement Summit brought forth the geopolitical value of accession at a time of global turmoil and cripping authoritarism.
Speaking at the Euronews’ Enlargement Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Hungarian Premier Viktor Orbán to lift his veto on Ukraine’s accession.
German chancellor, French president and European Commission chief cancel plans to attend regional meeting
Continuing to support the Global Fund is not just a matter of affordability and morality, but also about protecting decades of hard-won progress that has saved and protected countless lives.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that he will join Euronews’ one-of-a-kind political event, which will take place on Tuesday, 4 November, between 2 pm and 5 pm CET and will be broadcast live on Euronews’ television and digital platform…
Teresa Ribera told ministers reducing the EU’s 2040 target would be an “invitation to waste money.”
This week’s key events presented by Euronews’ reporters Vincenzo Genovese and Marta Iraola Iribarren.
The Euronews Enlargement Summit on 4 November will feature top EU and candidate country leaders discussing the future of European integration live from Brussels.
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
Brussels fears the IMF could cancel aid unless Belgium agrees to back a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine.
The controversial ad featuring Ronald Reagan angered Trump and brought U.S.-Canada trade talks to a halt.
After an inconclusive summit, EU leaders instructed the European Commission to explore “options” to meet Ukraine’s financial and military needs for next year and 2027. What could these options look like?
Divisions over carbon offsets and review timelines leave Denmark racing to salvage a deal before next week’s COP30 summit
The EU Council insists that the EU must leave next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil with a clear path forward to keeping a lid on 1.5°C of warming. But is that target already out of reach? Our guest says that the world is actually on course for …
Russian foreign ministry’s maximalist demands for ending Ukraine war led US to scrap planned meeting in Budapest
European companies might breathe a sigh of relief but sticking points with Beijing over trade, resources and Ukraine will be hard to resolve.
The president said the meeting with the Chinese leader exceeded expectations, and he lowered the tariff rate.
Author of EU preparedness report Sauli Niinistö says “enough trust” will mean Europe can share more intelligence.
Treasury officials are said to be questioning the cost of backing the plan — despite support from several ministers.
The announcement came moments before his meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea.
4 Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris for their alleged roles in defacing the Holocaust Memorial last year.
The Paris-based agency is aiming to close out a three-year, €22 billion budget at its next pledging summit in Bremen
Serbia remains committed to joining the EU — but the unresolved status of Kosovo, waning public support, and regional rivalries continue to block its path. Ahead of Euronews’ EU Enlargement Summit on November 4, Euronews Srbija outlines the current sta…
The president made the statement begrudgingly after Speaker Mike Johnson said there was no path to a third term.
To remain a pole in the new multipolar world, Europe will need to use whatever breathing space this week’s US-China summit might provide to secure its own supply chains, reduce dependencies, and boost its global leverage
The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
As Seoul concentrates on greeting relations with the U.S. on surer footing, it seems it has little time for the bloc or NATO.
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv.
Budapest wants to boost its political alliances in Brussels, Viktor Orbán’s political director says.
The idea of joint European borrowing is rejected by most of the bloc’s governments. That’s why the Commission is using it as leverage to get them to approve the use of Moscow’s assets.
European leaders are pushing for more industry flexibilities to reach a deal.
U.S. president hints at reciprocal summits with Chinese leader next year as trade talks are revived.
Trump is on a five-day Asian tour that is expected to include to a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader in South Korea.
The president is looking to strengthen ties in the region when he arrives in Malaysia Sunday, but is not likely to announce any progress on the three handshake deals he inked with regional powers in July.
Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special presidential representative, is set to meet with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday in Florida.
U.S. president is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
At a European summit on Thursday, De Wever energetically refused an EU plan to fashion a €140 billion loan to Kyiv from immobilised Russian assets without guarantees for Belgium
Witkoff has been the leader in executing Trump’s agenda with Russia.
Ukraine’s leader capped a week of dramatic escalation by solidifying Europe’s unified front.
At a jam-packed EU summit in Brussels on 23 October, dominated by the thorny issue of using frozen Russian assets, we caught up with the Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus, Marilena Raouna. Although Belgium was at the centre of haggling ov…
Hadja Lahbib defends Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s blockade of a disputed plan to help Kyiv fight Vladimir Putin.
Rare earths and magnets are on the agenda.
The EU’s €140 billion loan for Ukraine remains stalled after Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever resisted plans to use frozen Russian assets to fund it. Belgium, home to most of those assets, warned of major financial and legal risks. At a Brussels s…
EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After a summit in Brussels, they deferred a final decision on the propo…
The prime minister is hosting Zelensky and the “coalition of the willing” at Downing Street on Friday.
The prime minister is hosting Zelensky and the “coalition of the willing” at Downing Street on Friday.
Costa hailed the summit’s defence discussion as a “decisive building block” towards Europe’s sovereignty
The country refused to back a proposed €140 billion EU loan to Ukraine at Thursday’s summit in Brussels
Von der Leyen and Costa lost some credibility when they failed to get a deal to fund Ukraine using Russian assets. Zelenskyy could lose a lot more.
The EU wants to lend €140 billion in cash from frozen Russian funds to Ukraine; Belgium is afraid it will be the one on the hook for paying it back. That’s just one of the tough topics EU leaders discussed as they gathered in Brussels at a meeting devoted to fighting the external threat from […]
A packed agenda promised a summit of fireworks. Nothing really took off.
Leaders pushed issue to next summit after failing to reassure Belgian prime minister that his country wouldn’t be on the hook.
The Brussels leader was aghast he’d been bracketed alongside Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán.
After a summit of EU leaders, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever complained he had not received answers to all his concerns about a groundbreaking plan to issue a €140 billion loan to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president, after the Brussels summit on Thursday, wrote on X: ‘The European Union assured that financial assistance to Ukraine will be maintained.’
In the words of one diplomat: “Classic balance, everyone equally unhappy.”
The two leaders haven’t met in person since 2019.
It’s been a long seven days, even by Russia-Ukraine standards.
Last week at this time, the talk was of Tomahawks. But instead of delivering missiles, Donald Trump instead gave a closed-door earful at the White House to Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Then came…
Ukrainian president says ‘time to act is now’ as Belgium seeks guarantees from other member states over loan planVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged EU leaders to use Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defence “as soon as possible”, as summit talks on …
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that if Ukraine gets and uses US Tomahawk missiles the response from Russia would be “very serious, if not overwhelming”. At the same time the Russian president pledged to continue dialogue with the US…
During his speech at the European Parliament on Thursday, Ukrainian President Zelensky said Ukraine should be able to use Russian frozen assets for domestic weapons production. Here’s the replay of his address.
Roberta Metsola says the coalition that has traditionally controlled Brussels may no longer always be able to pass legislation.
Moscow digests the U.S. decision to target its oil giants.
“The beauty of this decision is its comprehensiveness,” says Ukraine’s sanctions envoy.
The Russian foreign ministry said EU sanctions against Moscow mainly harm the bloc itself, accusing EU leaders of refusing to admit their measures are ineffective. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also denounced new US energy sanctions as “counterproductiv…
In today’s edition: EU summit, climate fight, deregulation
A “joint European borrowing facility” would help countries face down a more uncertain world, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells POLITICO.
In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases reflecting MEPs’ priorities for the topics on the summit agenda. Source : © European Union, 2025 – EP
The pressure is now on Brussels to adopt real measures — or risk pushing more voters into the arms of the far right.
European leaders meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday aim to shore up support for Ukraine by approving sanctions against Moscow and advancing a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund a massive “reparation loan” for Kyiv. Follow our live …
Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.
France and Germany are not yet on the same page to detox from Big Tech.
Despite the EU’s efforts to diversify its supply of critical minerals, Beijing’s skillfully crafted dominance gives it immense geopolitical leverage.
Double dose of Russian oil sanctions from EU and US; freezing war at current frontlines is ‘good compromise’, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,338Ukraine could buy up to 150 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden, paid for using frozen Russian assets, un…
The former PM says Britain must learn from America’s MAGA movement — but insists she won’t be joining Reform UK, for now.
From the climate to critical minerals to Russia’s frozen assets, the agenda of Thursday’s European Council is jam-packed.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gambles leaders will land a climate target deal without trashing her green legacy.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo tells POLITICO Ukraine must be equipped to match or exceed Russia’s capabilities because Vladimir Putin only responds to strength.
Trump administration hardens stance against the Kremlin day after cancelling a planned summit with Russian leaderThe US has sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil companies, as the Trump administration increased pressure on the Kremlin…
The relative shrug comes as Trump’s rhetoric has grown increasingly hostile in recent weeks.
France, Germany and Italy want Ukraine to use their potential mega-loan to buy EU-made weapons.
