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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it is a “big mistake” that European leaders are “practically not present at the table” in ongoing US-brokered negotiations to end the war with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv is working to ensure that Europe’s “interests and voice are taken into account,” arguing that any sustainable peace must reflect the security concerns of the entire continent, not just Ukraine and the United States. His remarks echoed comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday who suggested Europe will have to redesign the…

America’s top diplomat Marco Rubio called on Europe to work with Washington in a civilisational quest to save the West during a speech at the Munich Security Conference. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a softer tone compared to US Vice President JD Vance a year ago at the same gathering, Rubio reiterated that the West is facing civilisational decline by choice, as a result ill-designed policies stemming from a climate “cult” and mass migration. In his address on Saturday, he urged Europeans to join a common cause with the United States to lead a new century of prosperity. He said the two…

The Mercosur agreement, the EU-India deal, the Antwerp meeting between EU top leaders and industry representatives, and yesterday’s informal EU leaders’ retreat have all brought the state of the EU’s economy back into the spotlight. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Are trade deals like the EU-Mercosur agreement one of the answers? To dig deeper, Brussels’ My Love? talked to Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, Brazil’s ambassador to the EU, Adélaïde Charlier, climate and human rights advocate and Teresa Küchler, EU affairs correspondent for Svenska Dagbladet. The EU-Mercosur agreement: between opportunities and risks On 17 January, after 25 years of talks, the EU…

Published on 13/02/2026 – 21:22 GMT+1 Emmanuel Macron told the Munich Security Conference on Friday that Europe will have to redesign its security architecture on its own terms as it faces an aggressive Russia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The French president said the current security framework won’t hold in the future and Europeans must set out new parameters in their own terms. Macron said that it may include a more “holistic” approach to nuclear deterrence among European allies. Macron said plans for “a day after” implying a future coexistence with Russia must be drafted by Europeans independently due to their geographical reality…

Published on 13/02/2026 – 21:10 GMT+1 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not attend the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine held on the sideline of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The meeting was attended by leaders from a dozen European countries including Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, France’s Macron, Germany’s Merz, as well as the heads of the European Commission, European Council and the NATO military alliance. The cancellation reportedly came at the last minute amid scheduling conflicts. Rubio is set to address the conference on Saturday morning, but arrived already on Friday, where he met the Syrian, Chinese and…

Published on 13/02/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni convened the second Italy-Africa summit in Addis Ababa on Thursday, reviewing progress on the Mattei Plan two years after launching the strategy to build partnerships with African nations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The summit held at the Addis Ababa Convention Centre is coinciding with the African Union summit and preceding the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, where Meloni will speak on Friday as a guest of honour. According to Raffaele Marchetti, director of the Study Centre for International and Strategic Affairs at Luiss University in Rome, the Mattei…

European Commissioner for Sport Glenn Micallef said he respected the International Olympic Committee’s decision to disqualify a Ukrainian skeleton racer over his custom helmet featuring portraits of fallen Ukrainian athletes, while expressing sadness that “the situation could not be resolved.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified before his first run at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, after the IOC banned him from using his custom-made helmet, which features portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion since early 2022. The helmet does not display any slogans or political symbols. Speaking exclusively on Euronews’ Europe Today morning show, Micallef said…

Published on 13/02/2026 – 17:47 GMT+1•Updated 17:47 Europe’s energy security should be treated with the same urgency as defence, industry bosses said Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The call for action follows Russia’s barrage of attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which have exposed the European Union’s own weaknesses. “We live in a new reality of increasing threats. This requires a fundamental shift in our mindset,” the electricity industry’s Eurelectric president Markus Rauramo said. “Preparing for, responding to and recovering from both physical and hybrid attacks must be a key element of power companies’ strategies…

António Costa, the president of the European Council, watered down expectations of a two-speed Europe as a magic bullet to break the impasse on economic reforms, a day after the proposal came to the fore in an informal summit of EU leaders. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It’s a non-issue,” Costa said on Friday in a press briefing attended by Euronews. Several countries, including France, Spain and Denmark, expressed support for using enhanced cooperation to create smaller groups of member states willing to adopt initiatives that could not otherwise be approved due to a lack of consensus. Enhanced cooperation rose to prominence in…

France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ramped up its fight against disinformation with “French Response”, an official X account which replies to trolls and fake news with humour, irony and provocation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The account has amassed more than 180,000 followers since its creation in September, taking aim at disinformation peddled by pro-Russian users and US accounts. Meanwhile, White House-aligned accounts have increasingly targeted France on X in recent months. According to ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux, France has decided to shake up its strategy to actively combat disinformation. “The intuition was that you can’t win the information war if you…