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Seeking a diplomatic way out, Rome and Berlin both turned to their constitutions. “We are ready. But of course there are objective problems with the way the initiative is structured,” Meloni said in Rome on Friday during a joint press conference with Merz. “I have also spoken to the American president about this. Perhaps we can try to resolve these issues,” she added. Meloni argued that Trump’s peace board would contravene a provision of the Italian constitution that precludes the country from joining international bodies in which one entity — in this case the U.S. president — would have more…
Europe must electrify “everything” in the coming years, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said during a Euronews panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, sharing a vision of a continent powered by clean power rather than fossil fuels. “When we look at energy security in Europe, and Europe’s goals, such as reaching our climate goals, but also at the same time being affordable, I see one future for Europe,” Birol said. “Electrify everything, as much as you can, electrify everything. Transportation, industry and so on.” The IEA chief suggested a two-fold strategy to this…
The summit focused on strengthening EU strategic autonomy, boosting industrial competitiveness – particularly the automotive sector – and deepening cooperation on defence, energy and migration. “We must build an authoritative, competitive Europe with its own strategic autonomy,” said Meloni at a press conference following morning talks at Villa Doria Pamphili, “Italy and Germany have a special responsibility in this phase of history: the EU must choose whether to be the protagonist of its destiny”. Following 75 years of diplomatic relations, “Italy and Germany are closer than ever before” Merz said, “We want to strengthen industrial competitiveness and enhance security”. The…
The center was one of dozens of organizations from which U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew in early January on the grounds that they were “wasteful, ineffective, and harmful.” Meloni and Merz committed to “exchange on hybrid threats, information resilience and strategic communications,” as well as prioritizing a wide range of cybersecurity policies such as the protection of critical infrastructure, cyber capacity building projects and tackling cybercrime. They also said they will “prioritize disruptive and dual-use technologies” for cyber defense. The two European leaders also pushed to boost the EU’s intelligence-sharing capacities, in particular the “hybrid fusion cell” within the EU…
“But if anything it has been good, and we should say thank you to the bashers, because I think it has given us a complete realization of the fact that we have to be more focused,” she added, especially on “innovation” and “productivity.” In the last few days at the Davos summit, Trump said Europe was not heading in “the right direction, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Denmark “irrelevant,” and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick berated Europe during a VIP dinner with European officials and business leaders — reportedly prompting Lagarde, who was in attendance, to walk out of the event in protest. But Lagarde also struck an optimistic note Friday, detailing her “very, very strong belief” that Europeans and Americans share…
Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). This train is expected to be able to reach speeds of up to 603.5kmh, far surpassing the only commercial maglev train in the world at the moment, China’s Shanghai Maglev, which goes up to 460.2kmh. In contrast, Europe’s fastest trains, the French TGV and the Italian AGV Italo, have top operational speeds of between 306-354kmh. Slashing travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya to mere minutes Usually, a train from Tokyo to…
Viewers around the world have been drawn to Heated Rivalry like moths to a flame. Now, the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are keeping it burning by choosing the show’s stars, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, as official torchbearers. The news was announced on Thursday by HBO Max, which owns the streaming rights to Heated Rivalry and will broadcast the Winter Olympics live. The torch relay, which started in Greece on 26 November 2025, is due to conclude on the 6 February, when the opening ceremony begins at Milan’s San Siro Stadium. Details of the exact time and date of…
Speaking after the summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested the leaders had learned the lesson this week that standing up to Trump in a “firm” but “non-escalatory” way was an effective strategy that they should continue. EU leaders called the emergency summit in response to Trump’s threat to hit eight European countries with tariffs for objecting to his demand to seize control of Greenland from Denmark. The crisis in the transatlantic relationship has dominated discussions in Brussels and other European capitals, and leaders gathered for dinner Thursday to try to sketch out a strategy for the future. …
Published on 23/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 Now a global competitor, the Russula Group has designed 130 steel factories and industrial waste water treatment plants in 35 countries worldwide. The European steel sector is their next big target. The managers estimate that the European Union is short by roughly 10 million tons of steel each year. They think Europe has now the knowhow to lead the way in the production of clean steel, in both profitable and sustainable ways. “This reindustrialization in the 21st century is absolutely sustainable because the technology we Europeans have developed in recent years is completely environmentally…
The French government, led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, survived two no-confidence motions tabled in the lower house of parliament on Friday over its decision to pass part of a long-overdue 2026 budget without a vote from MPs. As expected, neither the moderate-left Socialist Party nor the conservative Republicans supported the motions, allowing Lecornu to remain in power and avoid another government collapse. The first motion was submitted by the hard left France Unbowed (LFI), while the second came from the far-right National Rally (RN). A total of 269 MPs voted in favour of the no-confidence motion presented by the…