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Published on 02/02/2026 – 12:34 GMT+1•Updated 13:27 The United States and China lead the global start-up scene. Together, they make up about 70% of the world’s high-value venture capital deals. Europe, on the other hand, falls behind and has trouble turning strong research and talent into global companies. One big reason is fragmentation. With 27 different company law systems, it is difficult for startups to grow and expand across borders. Bureaucracy and tax delays also slow down scale-ups, discourage investment, and make it hard to attract and keep talent. The EU-INC plans to change this situation. It would offer a…
Published on 02/02/2026 – 13:05 GMT+1•Updated 13:33 “Europe risks becoming subordinated, divided, and deindustrialised”, if it does not turn itself into a “genuine federation”, Former Italian Prime Minister and President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi said in a speech at the Belgian Ku Leuven University on Monday. According to Draghi, “power requires Europe to move from confederation to federation” because the global order is “now defunct”. In his speech, delivered as he received an honorary degree from the university, Draghi painted a picture of a failed global order, tracing its decline to China’s joining the World Trade Organisation…
Polish Secretary of State for European Affairs Ignacy Niemczycki is “really hoping” that the US can “convince Russia to be more creative” in trilateral peace talks that will resume in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday – but that whereas “Ukraine made a significant effort to end the war”, Russia is “trying to prolong the discussion”. This will be the second round of discussions after negotiations last month ended with little success. During an interview with Euronews’ flagship morning programme Europe Today, Niemczycki said that Russian strikes on civilian energy infrastructure in Kyiv is proof that Moscow wants to continue the war.…
Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European Union for the first time ever in December 2025, according to new data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Despite the EU having softened its 2035 car emissions ban, the bloc registered more hybrid electric cars last year, signalling a shift. The European Union announced that the bloc-based carmakers will need to comply with a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions from 2035, instead of the 100% previously set in EU law. This move revoked a controversial wholesale ban on internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles adopted in…
Good Monday morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn with the news and analysis from Europe to start your week. Just in: Ignacy Niemczycki, Poland’s Minister of State for EU Affairs, has told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today that Russia is not negotiating in good will and shows no interest in ending the war, ahead of planned trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. “We’re really hoping that the US will be able to convince Russia to be more creative in those discussions,” minister Niemczycki told Europe Today. “Russia is not negotiating with good will right…
Iran has declared the armies of European countries “terrorist groups,” after the EU last Thursday agreed to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. During a session in Tehran, lawmakers wore IRGC uniforms and chanted slogans including “Death to America’ and “Shame on you, Europe.” Meanwhile, calls are growing inside Iran for an inquiry into the number of people killed during recent protests, which were met with a violent crackdown. We are joined by Ignacy Niemczycki, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland responsible for EU affairs. Ignacy Niemczycki oversees Polish interests in…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 MiCa can seat 8 people and reach up to 25 km/h. It’s been designed to operate autonomously for up to 20 hours per day. “When the vehicle understands what’s around it, then it’s able to see where the road is, where objects are possibly moving, where the pedestrian crossing is, where the intersection is, and based on that and the next bus stop it’s going to, it’s able to plan a path for its route,” explains Kristjan Vilipõld, Product Manager, at AuVe Tech OÜ. The company behind the prototypes was founded in 2018 in…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Damaso Jaivenois Published on 30/01/2026 – 11:30 GMT+1•Updated 11:54 Some good news for air travellers. Many European airports are finally ditching the controversial 100 millilitre limit on cabin bag liquids, marking the end of an era of minuscule, overpriced creams and shampoos. It follows the rollout of new CT security scanners, which provide high-resolution 3D visuals detecting both solid and liquid explosives. Last July, the EU Commission said that a move to scrap the rule across the whole bloc is also in the pipeline. The 100ml limit was introduced in Europe and beyond in 2006, after UK police had…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 30/01/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1 On Tuesday, 27 January, the European Union (EU) and India announced the signing of a landmark trade agreement, which Ursula von der Leyen described as the “mother of all deals.” What does this pact mean for both countries? And why did the president of the European Commission’s outfit go viral? To answer these and more questions, Euronews’ weekly podcast Brussels, My Love?talked to EU-India expert expert Stefania Benaglia, correspondent Teresa Küchler, and EU-India media commentator Rahul Venkit. The free trade agreement The Brussels–Delhi trade deal talks came to an end…
Published on 30/01/2026 – 9:21 GMT+1•Updated 9:39 NATO chief Mark Rutte should stop being an “American agent” and unite the fraught military alliance in the face of the United States’ “hostile rhetoric” and “intimidation”, former European Council chief Charles Michel has told Euronews. “I want to be clear, Mark Rutte is disappointing and I’m losing confidence,” Michel, who helmed the Council for five years up until 2024, told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today on Friday. “I’m not expecting Mark Rutte to be an American agent. I’m expecting Mark to work for unity within NATO,” Michel added. Rutte, who famously called…