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A core tension underlies the EU’s support for LKAB’s Per Geijer rare-earth mine in northern Sweden. The EU wants to fast-track projects critical to its green and industrial policies. Its strict environmental and Indigenous rights laws can slow or block these efforts, especially because of permitting requirements, biodiversity protections, and Sami rights obligations. LKAB’s Per Geijer deposit near Kiruna has been granted “strategic project” status under the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), making it eligible for EU-backed loans, guarantees and other de-risking instruments. The designation aims to accelerate domestic mining of materials essential for electric vehicles, wind turbines and…

Europe regularly positions itself as a prime place to invest: direct investment stocks held by foreign investors amount to nearly 10 trillion in the EU alone, the world’s largest single market by number of consumers. With that in mind, outside companies are always on the lookout for where best to grow their business, but the old continent’s political, legislative and administrative fragmentation makes it harder to work out exactly which country might be best. A new study may be able to help point them in the right direction, however, as it ranks the best and worst places for companies looking…

Published on 22/01/2026 – 12:08 GMT+1 Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission survived on Thursday a vote of confidence in the European Parliament, tabled by far right Patriots for Europe (PfE) and rejected with 390 MEPs voting against, 165 in favour and 10 abstentions. A threshold of two-thirds of the votes cast, representing a majority of all sitting MEPs, was needed to topple the Commission. The Parliament decided not to unseat von der Leyen the day after a significant setback for her Commission, with MEPs voting to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the EU Court of Justice. The motion of…

EU leaders will meet tonight for an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the uneasy truce which has broken out among Europe and the US after President Trump backed down from his plans to “take” Greenland from Denmark. An eleventh-hour agreement to move the fate of the Danish protectorate to a diplomatic framework aimed at increasing US influence over Arctic security has deescalated the situation, at least for now. But EU sources have told Euronews that while they are relieved at the latest developments, there’s no guarantee the matter won’t re-emerge in a similarly hostile manner in the future. “For…

Good morning from Brussels, where the EU’s 27 leaders will gather later tonight for what were convened as emergency talks on the transatlantic relationship. But last night, Trump stepped back from the precipice, saying he will no longer impose the tariffs he had threatened on eight European countries over their support to Greenland. “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary-General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “Based upon this…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be the first European leader to take the Davos stage as the World Economic Forum enters its third day. Other high-profile addresses are expected from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels later today for an informal emergency meeting, prompted by US President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this week to threaten tariffs on eight countries that refuse to back his bid to acquire Greenland. However, the talks are expected to be less confrontational than initially anticipated, after…

Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:20 GMT+1 As United States President Donald Trump addressed world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum on Wednesday, former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker chose Euronews’ flagship programme Europe Today to comment on US threats to take over Greenland. Juncker called on Europeans to pursue diplomacy in resolving tensions with the US, stressing that “the European Union has cards in its hands.” “We can use all the instruments we have at our disposal that would deeply harm the US economy, and we should not refrain from using these tools if necessary,” Juncker said. This was a…

Published on 21/01/2026 – 7:30 GMT+1 •Updated 9:25 Since trade tensions with the US kicked into high gear last year, the EU has consistently shied away from targeting American services, despite the sizeable US trade surplus in those sectors. As EU leaders prepare to meet on Thursday night to discuss their response to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland, the question is once again on the table: why are services off-limits? Officials say the countermeasures package prepared last year, which focused on goods, is already viewed as the first line of response should US threats materialise. Targeting services, by…

Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn. All eyes are on the World Economic Forum in Davos this morning, where a showdown over Donald Trump’s threats to seize control of Greenland looms. The US President is now en route to the Swiss Alps after a minor electrical fault forced his plane to turn back earlier. European leaders are hoping Trump will also turn back on his threats to use tariffs to force the sale of Greenland when they meet him later. Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s message to Trump on Tuesday was: “Here and no further. Back down or we’re going…

The delicate balancing act facing Europe as it seeks to defuse tensions with United States President Donald Trump over Greenland is unexpectedly being complicated by a flurry of invitations to world nations to join his Gaza Board of Peace. The question of whether the EU and member states should join the board, originally set up to administrate post-war Gaza, will be discussed by leaders on Thursday when they gather for an extraordinary summit convened in response to Trump’s latest tariff threats. Diplomats worry the issue is becoming entwined with the Greenland crisis, with Europeans being forced to coordinate whether they…