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Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to start your Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet President Emmanuel Macron in Paris later today – amid reports that Macron discretely sent his most senior diplomat, Emmanuel Bonne, to meet his Russian counterpart Iouri Ouchakov in Moscow earlier this week. The debate on opening direct talks between Europe and Russia is now heating up. We have more below, including exclusive lines from the Latvian Prime Minister and Estonian President. Meanwhile, EU countries have sealed the deal for a €90 billion loan to keep Ukraine’s finances ticking…

Published on 05/02/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1 On today’s show: Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo interviews Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, at the World Governance Conference in Dubai. Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina reports on the peace talks taking place in Abu Dhabi. Jakub Janas explains the EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine. An interview with Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. We return to Dubai for an interview with Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website…

Published on 04/02/2026 – 7:39 GMT+1•Updated 9:45 On today’s show: Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina updates us on the peace talks in Abu Dhabi Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi joins us for a live interview Euronews’ EU Editor Maria Tadeo sends us an update from the World Governance Conference in Dubai Shona Murray and Jakub Janas report on whether the EU and UK are… back together? When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website and digital platforms every weekday. Our…

Europe wants to change how businesses start and grow. On January 20th, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen introduced EU-INC at the World Economic Forum in Davos. This new legal form is meant to make it easier to set up companies across the EU. Right now, starting or growing a startup in the EU means navigating 27 distinct legal systems, covering everything from company formation to shareholder rights and stock options. This slows growth, raises legal costs, and often leads founders to choose countries based on paperwork rather than business needs. EU-INC wants to fix this. It would allow…

Published on 04/02/2026 – 16:11 GMT+1 Active wars near EU borders and disinformation have emerged as the greatest concerns for European citizens, according to a Eurobarometer survey published by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The survey, conducted last autumn, found 72% of respondents expressed high worry about active wars near EU borders, whilst 69% said they were highly concerned about disinformation. Other major security concerns included terrorism (67%), natural disasters worsened by climate change (66%) and cyber-attacks from non-EU countries (66%). “What is striking is to see that it’s across member states,” European Parliament spokesperson Delphine Colard told Euronews. “Maybe…

Published on 04/02/2026 – 20:30 GMT+1 With a dangerous spike in cyberbullying and self-harm content to addictive algorithms, concerns about children’s online lives are mounting across Europe. Should social media be banned for under-16s across the EU? Could that be the answer? This week on The Ring, Euronews’ weekly debate show broadcast from the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs Axel Voss and Christel Schaldemose dive into this very question. This week, Spain’s Prime Minister announced plans to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s. Speaking in Dubai, Pedro Sánchez compared online platforms to the “digital wild west” where laws…

Estonia’s President Alar Karis told Euronews he remains confident that the United States will honour Article 5 of NATO’s common defence despite a turbulent phase for the transatlantic relationship under President Donald Trump. Since his return to the White House last year, the US President has rattled the fundamentals of the bilateral relationship between the two blocs, imposing tariffs on the European Union and referring to its leadership as “weak” and “decaying.” Still, President Karis said Washington would come to the assistance of Europe if there was an attack on an allied country. Article 5 is the bedrock of NATO…

Published on 04/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 An extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament will be held in Brussels on 24 February to mark the fourth anniversary of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia, and to approve a €90 billion loan to Kyiv from European Union member states. The decision was taken during the Parliament’s Conference of Presidents on Wednesday on the initiative of Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola, internal sources told Euronews. During the one-day session, the Parliament will hold a debate on the war and approve the loan for Ukraine, funded through joint debt, which was officially agreed on Wednesday by…

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cast a wide net in cultivating his relationships with Europe’s political elite, according to documents newly released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Alongside a new tranche of images, texts and emails that show the breadth of the late disgraced financier’s relationships with unexpected public figures, a wave of doctored images and misleading accusations has followed. It is important to note that the DOJ deemed the files potentially relevant to the investigation of Epstein and his collaborator, Ghislaine Maxwell, but equally insufficient to bring a case against any of those mentioned. Nevertheless, documents in…

Published on 04/02/2026 – 13:55 GMT+1•Updated 14:51 European Union countries looking to impose additional restrictions on social media platforms should be careful not to tread on the European Commission’s toes, a spokesperson for the executive said on Wednesday after Spain announced it would ban social media for under-16s. “Of course we value the fact that member states want to go a step further, potentially by restricting social media access for kids,” Thomas Regnier, the Commission’s spokesperson for tech, told reporters on Wednesday. “Taking measures or putting additional obligations on platforms (…) is a clear no-go, because this is regulated by…