Europe is on the brink of another financial crisis, German frontrunner Merz warns
It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
The Guardianโs central and eastern Europe correspondent, Shaun Walker, talks through a seismic week, as the president sidelined Kyiv and other European capitals from negotiations on the ending the war and then called into question the future of US supp…
โWe will not sign just anything in order to be applauded,โ Ukrainian president insists; European leaders pressed on sending troops to enforce peace. What we know on day 1,091 The US is trying to โpleaseโ Vladimir Putin as it aims for a โquick winโ by …
While the UK’s Keir Starmer reaffirmed heโs ready to consider sending British forces on the Ukrainian ground alongside others, Germany’s Olaf Scholz called the idea ‘premature.’
European leaders met at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday for an emergency summit on Ukraine.
British prime minister says force would need protections such as air cover that only US can provide Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to provide a US โbackstopโ to a European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, saying it is the only way to deter Russia fr…
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
The PM says “a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again”.
Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has called on the US to provide a ‘backstop’ to deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again after meeting with European leaders for emergency talks on the war. Starmer said US president Donald Trumpโs comments aski…
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…
An informal summit in Paris among European leaders concluded without any concrete announcement, as the idea of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine remains highly divisive.
“If you believe there are going to be thirty-three people sitting at the same table (…) in all probability, the answer is no, not at all,” Kellogg said.
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…
European leaders sought to form a united front Monday at emergency talks in Paris, called after a U.S. diplomatic blitz on Ukraine which has thrown a once-solid alliance into turmoil and left the Europeans questioning the reliability of their key tran…
European leaders are meeting in Paris for an emergency summit on Ukraine, following last weekโs call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. With NATOโs most powerful member sidelining its allies in talks with Russia, is the U.S. still a reliable par…
European leaders sought to find a unified response at an emergency summit in Paris Monday following a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by US President Donald Trump. The talks were held as Washington and Moscow’s top diplomats were due Tuesday …
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 โonce-in-a-generationโ summit at such…
Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.
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…
Ukraine has had a huge amount of support since the full scale Russian invasion in 2022
Both Poland and Spain have said they would need more assurances before making a decision.
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
BBC reporters analyse what European powers in Paris, and Russian and US officials in Saudi Arabia aim to achieve.
In a small town south-east of Kyiv, a team of civilians sit in the back of a pickup truck with machine guns pointed at the sky hoping to shoot downย Iranian-made drones that target the Ukrainian capital on a near-daily basis. The drone huntersโ local k…
EU and Ukraine have been excluded from high-stakes negotiations between top Russian and US officialsEurope live โ latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not recognise any peace agreements made without its participation, as top …
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
The US is treating the EU like a “junior partner” in attempting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, FRANCE 24โs Armen Georgian said in an analysis. Citing President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin and potential talks with Ukraine’s Zelen…
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
The brutalising reality of the battlefield connects five different stories in this anti-war dramaThis portmanteau film โ produced by Warsaw Film School and released for the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine โ is in the Come and See …
Prime minister heads to Washington to meet with US president as European capitals fret over Ukraine’s future.
Zelenskyy has rebuffed USโs initial attempt to take control of minerals as downpayment for its aid in war with RussiaEurope live โ latest updatesUkraineโs president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rebuffed an initial attempt by the US to corner his countryโs…
Ukraine’s president has said his country would not accept the outcome of talks between the US and Russia if his country was not involved. Zelenskyy was on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates where he told reporters that he was not informed of…
Ursula von der Leyen urges โemergency mindsetโ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live โ latest updatesEuropeโs security is โat a turning pointโ, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from majo…
Russia’s foreign minister has dismissed the prospect of a place for Europe at talks between the US and Russia to end the fighting in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference alongside his Serbian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov said: ‘If they are going to we…
As European leaders hold war talks in Paris, Keir Starmer said he was willing to put ‘our own troops on the ground if necessary’. Sweden said it would not rule out sending troops, while Poland ruled this out and Germany said it would ‘wait and see’.
Ursula Von der Leyen will attend an emergency meeting in Paris about the war in Ukraine to react to Washington’s shock policy shift.
Keith Kellogg will be in Ukraine for two days this week.
Recordings of fightersโ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovychโs compelling war documentaryVietnam saw the advent of the visible war, documented by TV cameras; but the Russia-Ukraine war perhaps rep…
The Ukrainian leader said he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US speak in Riyadh.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Europe of wanting to ‘continue war’ in Ukraine, as Russian and US officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia and European leaders convene in Paris for an emergency summit in response.
Moscow hails Tuesdayโs discussions in Saudi Arabia as means to end war and restore full relations with Washington
Many feel JD Vanceโs speech in Munich shows Trump 2.0 is a far more disruptive and chaotic force than their worst fearsAs European leaders meet in Paris to prepare an answer to their apparent exclusion from the talks about Ukraineโs future, the existen…
Pausing hostilities, which U.S. President Trump has vowed to do, would free up Kremlin resources to threaten countries across the alliance, the report says.
Olga Chernykhโs portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distanceFormally inventive and emotionally resonant, Olga Chernykhโs documentary feature debut highlights the p…
European leaders are gathering in Paris as Donald Trump is pushing for an accelerated timetable to strike a deal between Ukraine and Russia.
Germany is the EU country which welcomes the most non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. Nearly half of Ukrainian citizens who escaped are adult women.
European leaders were due to meet in Paris on Monday to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine, as Britain declared itself ready to dispatch peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. US President Donald Trump sidelined Kyiv and its Europe…
U.S. secretary of state lands in Saudi Arabia as EU leaders prepare for crisis summit in Paris.
Starmer’s comments are the first time the leader has publicly and explicitly said he would be willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, a pledge reiterated by Sweden on Monday just hours before European leaders meet in Paris to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war. France has warned that EU …
Ukrainian president says his government has not been invited to planned talks on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, while EU leaders meet over Ukraineโs futureSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of…
Sky Newsโ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโs Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Although itโs recess, Sam and Anne explain why this week could be a major moment in British politics as they discuss whether the transatlantic alliance has collapsed. Anne shares her insider analysis from the Munich Security [โฆ]
The top four parties chancellor candidates: Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel took to the stage for a fiery, televised debate.
Dmytro Kuleba,former Ukrainian minister, argued that Trump’s actions and statements have consistently opposed both Ukrainian and European interests.
Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But itโs an idea whose time has comeThe startling contempt for Europeโs intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old,…
PRESS REVIEW โ Monday, February 17: European leaders flock to Paris to discuss an uncertain future, as US President Donald Trump excludes both Ukraine and Europe from peace talks with Russia. Elsewhere, an investigation by The Observer reveals that Go…
Mattarella has likened Russiaโs aggression against Ukraine to the actions of the Third Reich.
European capitals are filling out a questionnaire sent by the US on a possible peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
In this episode, host Giada Santana and Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Alexandra Brzozowski go through highlights and lowlights from the Munich Security Conference.
Vadim Stroykin reported to have killed himself by jumping from a ninth-floor window during visit by security servicesNo one knows exactly what happened in the final moments of Vadim Stroykinโs life.The 59-year-old Russian singer-songwriterโs vibrant ca…
European diplomats drank Munich dry of camomille tea as they sought respite from a harrowing weekend.
Macron rallies key European leaders to discuss on Ukraine security guarantees
With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
Les difficultรฉs politiques et รฉconomiques de l’Allemagne sont une bonne occasion de marquer des points ร Bruxelles en matiรจre nuclรฉaire, estiment ses partisans.
โ Erstmals Viererrunde vor der Wahl: Wie das Quadrell lief. โ Gipfel nach der Sicherheitskonferenz: Zu welchen Lรถsungen die EU-Regierungschefs heute in Paris kommen kรถnnten, damit die USA und Russland nicht ohne sie รผber die Ukraine verhandeln. โ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Franziska Brantner. Die Co-Chefin der Grรผnen zu den europรคischen Perspektiven fรผr die Ukraine, deutschen Friedenstruppen [โฆ]
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course โ and it must decide quickly.
Europe’s hastily convened security summit in Paris is proof of leaders’ anxiety about their role in defending Ukraine, the BBC’s Katya Adler writes.
Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump remains persistent to go ahead with direct talks with Russia to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
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.
President says draft deal did not guarantee Ukraineโs security; diplomatic chaos as US and Russia meet in Riyadh and Macron convenes Europe crisis talks. What we know on day 1,090 Continue reading…
The Munich conference exposed tensions between the US and Europe over Nato and Ukraine – the BBC’s Frank Gardner explains why this was a watershed in relations.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he was “ready and willing” to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine, as part of any postwar peacekeeping force, to ensure the security of Britain and Europe. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the UK Prime Mini…
It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to UkraineKeir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging…
UK prime minister expected to meet Trump this month and try to persuade US president of Europeโs readiness to help secure peace
Also in todayโs newsletter, Japanโs $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells, and soaring gold becomes top โTrump tradeโ
โOne phone call does not make peace,โ the secretary of State said.
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European leaders on the final day of the Munich Security Conference on Sunday sought to firm up how the European Union can move from talk to more action as Washington pushes to stop the fighting in Ukraine.
The vice-presidentโs speech on Friday was another wake-up call for European leaders. On defence and in other areas, they need to chart their own courseIn 2007, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech to the Munich security conference that stunned western dip…
Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyivโs control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end โwith a just and lasting peaceโUkraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the countryโs east, amid signs Russiaโs advance may be slowing down and as Pr…
The Ukrainian president says he wonโt accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
European papers express deep alarm at declaration of an โideological warโ, while the NYT says Putin may soon โrealise his dreamโThis yearโs Munich security conference exposed the chasm in core values separating the Trump administration from most Europe…
Ukrainian president tells NBCโs Meet the Press that Putinโs next targets may be Poland and LithuaniaVolodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday predicted Russia would โwage war against Natoโ if the US stepped back from its support of Ukraine โ and that he had seen i…
Paris meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraineโs 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 …
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโs plans in flux.ย
President Emmanuel Macron ‘will bring together’ the main European countries for ‘discussions on European security.’
โI do not know what it is,โ said Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.
France to host emergency meeting as Washington and Moscow start negotiations
After the Munich Security Conference, which highlighted the rift that now separates the US from the EU, the Elysรฉe is set to convene a European summit on Monday. The Ukrainian president has said Moscow plans to create 15 new armed divisions this year.
Jonathan Reynolds says Britain has not given up on persuading the US to allow Ukraine to join NatoEurope live โ latest updatesThe UK hopes to act as a โbridgeโ between Europe and Donald Trumpโs US, the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has said be…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.
President Zelenskyy said any mineral exploitation by the US would need to be tied to security guarantees for Ukraine that would deter future Russian aggression.
The former UK prime minister says democracy in Europe and across the globe is โunder threatโ. This live blog is closedโWe canโt just be supineโ: UK Liberal Democrat leader urges Starmer to stand up to โbullyโ TrumpFranceโs Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Ba…
Different narratives from senior US officials on the future of Ukraine have sown confusion in Europe – but was that perhaps the point?
As Donald Trump and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightropeVolodymyr Zelenskyy has had some tough weeks in the past three years, but this past one may be up t…
The betrayal of Ukraine is a final warning to the UK and its continental allies to put a lot more energy and money into rebuilding their defencesIt was, Sir Keir Starmer told members of his inner circle, one of his most meaningful visits abroad. In the…
Russia is relying on strength of numbers, and Putin may not honour a peace dealAfter three years of Russiaโs attempt to occupy and annex Ukraine, the country continues to put up a fierce resistance.Russia is suffering more than 1,500 casualties a day a…