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Published on 22/01/2026 – 22:10 GMT+1 •Updated 23/01/2026 – 12:37 GMT+1 This year, the world’s biggest conference revolved around one man. And he kept the world waiting. An electrical fault forced presidential Air Force One to make a U-turn mid-flight. But once he finally landed, his pull did not just change the mood; it changed the schedule. Hundreds of CEOs and leaders reshuffled their agendas, prioritising access over the official programme. US President Donald Trump is now accompanied by a record-breaking delegation: five cabinet secretaries, senior advisers and additional staff, constituting the largest American contingent in the event’s history. And…
Good morning. It’s Friday and I’m Mared Gwyn, writing in the early hours from Brussels. There was a palpable shift in the mood music when EU leaders gathered over dinner here last night for talks on the future of the transatlantic relationship. Despite relief at Trump’s sudden retreat from his tariff threats over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, the deep scepticism now shaping ties with Washington was evident. “We believe that relationships between partners and allies should be managed in a cordial and respectful way,” António Costa, the president of the European Council, said. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja…
By Maïa de la Baume & Méabh Mc Mahon Published on 23/01/2026 – 9:55 GMT+1 •Updated 10:36 Most of Europe can’t join Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” because it “goes way beyond” the UN Security Council mandate, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Euronews’ flagship programme, Europe Today. “The consensus is that what has been announced by Donald Trump goes way beyond UN Security Council mandate,” Mitsotakis said, a day after taking part in an emergency Council meeting focused on transatlantic relations. “I think we have to recognize that moving forward what has been established is something in which most European countries can’t…
The year 2025 was the third‑warmest on record for Europe, with March being the warmest month on record for the continent, new Copernicus data reveals. The average temperature reached 10.41°C, which was 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 reference period. The eastern North Atlantic, the North Sea region including northern Britain and parts of Scandinavia, the southwestern Mediterranean, and westernmost Russia saw record‑warm temperatures. France, Russia, and Romania have been ranked as the top European countries that will be most severely impacted by global warming by 2100, according to recent Reinders Corporation data. The research also noted that Europe’s mild climate could…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 10:15 GMT+1 The world’s eyes are on Iran this week, where anger over the dire economic situation and decades of repression is boiling over. The Iranian government is responding with force, prompting international leaders to discuss possible measures to increase pressure on it. “I personally have never experienced this degree of blackout in Iran,” Babak Kamiar, the head of Euronews’ Persian team tells “Brussels, my love?”. “The numbers of those killed, injured and detained is horrible,” he continued, pointing out that these figures are still difficult to assess due to limited access to information. Euronews’ journalists…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 23/01/2026 – 9:00 GMT+1 What a challenging week for the EU-US relationship. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on eight European countries including the UK and Norway opposed to his bid to take control of Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The threat, later dropped on Wednesday after a conversation between Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, sparked discussion in the EU over the possibility of using one of its strictest trade measures, the anti-coercion instrument. To discuss these and more developments in the EU this week, Euronews’ weekly…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 7:30 GMT+1 •Updated 8:19 EU leaders gathered in Brussels last night for a lengthy dinner and tense talks. Despite the tasty food, the mood was grim as they discussed trade, Greenland, Mercosur and Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace. For more on whether this summit was worth the trip, we cross over to Shona Murray who was there till the early hours of the morning. The 27 EU leaders debated deep into the night on all the challenges facing the Union. And we are joined today by one of them – Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In…
The leaders of the European Union have demanded respect from Donald Trump after the United States president brought the transatlantic alliance to the precipice of collapse with his threat to seize Greenland through the use of punitive tariffs. Trump suddenly backtracked on Wednesday, opting instead for a long-term deal on Arctic security brokered by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “We believe that relationships between partners and allies should be managed in a cordial and respectful way,” António Costa, the president of the European Council, said on Thursday evening at the end of an extraordinary summit in Brussels. “The European Union…
The chief of Spain’s diplomacy, José Manuel Albares, said in an interview with Euronews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos that the EU should stand firmly behind its values, as some countries are threatening the use of force as foreign policy. He called on Europe to take full control of its own security, arguing that the continent must move “towards a European army” at a moment of growing geopolitical pressure and uncertainty in transatlantic relations. “If we want to continue being a peaceful continent (…), we need to have the deterrence in our hand, and we…
The chief of Spain’s diplomacy said that the deal cut bilaterally between Rutte and the United States President Donald Trump is a bilateral arrangement, “not NATO, (…) it is the Secretary General of NATO talking to one of the allies.” Details of the arrangement are yet to emerge. “The only thing I know is the announcement that was made yesterday,” Albares said. “I talked to the ministers of foreign affairs of all those allied countries, and they have the same information as I, just the announcement. And I’m sure that whatever has been discussed will be brought to the Council…