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French President Emmanuel Macron signalled on Tuesday that he was ready to restart dialogue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Speaking during a visit to eastern France, Macron said contacts were ongoing at “the technical level”. He said the process was being carried out “in transparency and in consultation” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but did not give a timeline. Macron also condemned Russia’s recent attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, describing them as “intolerable”. On Tuesday, Russian forces carried out large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s power grid amid freezing temperatures across the country. The attacks do not demonstrate “a real willingness to…
La présidente de la Commission européenne doit faire face à une nouvelle série de votes de défiance ce jeudi. Elle espère qu’en se montrant plus à l’écoute, elle ralliera davantage de soutiens. Oct 8 8 mins read
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will convene her team of European Commissioners for a meeting officially centred on competitiveness, but which is also intended to ease internal tensions within the Commission, several officials told Euronews. According to the Commission’s official agenda, von der Leyen will chair a “college seminar” on competitiveness tomorrow in the Belgian city of Leuven. The meeting will feature International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. The seminar is part of the EU’s push to boost the European economy and accelerate the implementation of the competitiveness report drafted by former European Central Bank President…
Parts of northern Morocco, especially the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, are grappling with severe flooding after sustained rainfall topping 600 mm since September 2025, reversing years of drought. Authorities say more than 50,000 people have been displaced across the north, nearly half of Ksar El Kebir’s population. Access to the city is limited to outbound traffic, power cuts have hit several neighbourhoods and schools remain closed. The situation worsened after controlled releases from the Oued Makhazine dam, which has reached full capacity. The army has deployed rescue teams, helicopters and medical units to support evacuations and reinforce flood barriers. Further evacuations…
Published on 03/02/2026 – 18:21 GMT+1•Updated 18:26 Lawmakers at the European Parliament are struggling to find a compromise position on the design of the digital euro, putting the project’s legislative path in jeopardy, according to three sources familiar with the matter and documents seen by Euronews. In a meeting on Tuesday, the rapporteurs noted that there is a strong disagreement on the very essence of what the digital euro should look like, making it very challenging to move forward, according to an email exchange seen by Euronews. “We agreed to disagree,” a person familiar with the matter told Euronews, summarising…
Updated: 03/02/2026 – 18:30 GMT+1 Finland is set to build new icebreakers for the US as Arctic competition intensifies. While the deal highlights Finnish expertise in icebreaking, US interest in Greenland and strained EU-US ties have raised concerns over the partnership. … More
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By Euronews Published on 03/02/2026 – 11:02 GMT+1•Updated 14:02 French prosecutors searched the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. The prosecutor’s cybercrime unit conducted the searches with the support of Europol and the French police’s own cybercrime department, it said in a post on X. The investigation was opened in January last year by cybercrime unit. The probe is looking into alleged “complicity” in possession and spreading of pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of…
Metsola called for a “reset” in the partnership between Britain and the EU as part of a policy of “realistic pragmatism anchored in values that will see all of us move forward together.” Her speech comes after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he intended to try and ensure his country’s defense industries can benefit from the EU’s flagship SAFE scheme — a €150 billion funding program designed to boost procurement of military hardware. That push has been far from smooth, with a meeting of EU governments on Monday night failing to sign off U.K. access to SAFE, despite France…
By Euronews Published on 03/02/2026 – 16:02 GMT+1 Sweden and Denmark will jointly procure mobile anti-aircraft artillery systems worth €245 million for Ukraine as the country continues to defend against intensifying Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure. Sweden will contribute 2.1 billion kronor of the 2.6 billion kronor total, with Denmark providing the remainder to supply Ukraine with the TRIDON Mk2 mobile anti-aircraft system, the countries’ defence ministers announced on Tuesday. “This is a platform that can take out cruise missiles and can take out long-range strike drones and it’s a capability that the Ukrainians need due to the increase of…