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By Euronews Published on 20/01/2026 – 10:19 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised the UK’s deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it an “act of great stupidity” and “total weakness.” Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago — home to a key joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island — was “another in a very long line of national security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.” “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the island of Diego Garcia, the site of…
Published on 20/01/2026 – 9:54 GMT+1 •Updated 9:55 US President Donald Trump said he could impose a 200% tariff on French wine and champagne after French president Emmanuel Macron reportedly rejected an offer to join his “Board of Peace”. “Nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Trump said after hearing from a reporter that Macron would not join the board. “I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes and he’ll join, but he doesn’t have to join,” he said. Macron’s five-year presidential term is due to end in May 2027, and he…
In response, a French official close to Macron who was granted anonymity as they are not authorized to speak on the record, told POLITICO: “We have taken note of Mr. Trump’s statements on wines and Champagnes. As we have always emphasized, tariff threats to influence our foreign policy are unacceptable and ineffective.” Trump announced the establishment of the board — which he touted as “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place” — on Friday as a key part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas. An assortment of world…
Published on 20/01/2026 – 9:08 GMT+1 The number of deaths in a crackdown by authorities during Iran’s ongoing nationwide anti-government protests now exceeds 4,000, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The rights group revised the death toll to at least 4,029 on Tuesday, adding that 3,786 were demonstrators, 180 were security forces, 28 were children and 35 were people not demonstrating. The agency has been accurate throughout the years of demonstrations and unrest in Iran, relying on a network of activists inside the country that confirms all reported fatalities. They fear the number will grow far higher…
Trump has stepped up his threats to seize Greenland in recent days, announcing he will impose 10 percent tariffs on eight European countries that have mobilized to try and block the U.S. president’s extraterritorial ambitions. The tariff announcement has triggered an ongoing scramble among European leaders to come up with a response to Trump. Macron, in a text message that Trump screenshotted on social media, purportedly wrote to the U.S. leader: “My friend, We are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland. “Let us try…
According to the European Commission’s latest data (2024), the EU currently imports 95% of its rare earth materials, which are crucial for electric vehicles, daily technology and defence systems. Recycling rates remain below 1%, and although the bloc has set a series of goals for 2030, it is unlikely to meet them without major acceleration. This means that the very technologies meant to enable Europe’s green transition depend on other countries, leaving the EU highly exposed to economies such as China and Russia. Whilst global competitors are tightening their grip on supply chains, Europe is lagging in securing access to…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. We have many reasons in Europe to be proud of ourselves. We are the continent of the Enlightenment and of universal human rights. A continent in which many people live in prosperity and most live in dignity and freedom. With the European Union, a system was created that enables cooperation instead of confrontation. And yet we must once again begin to think of Europe as something larger than the EU in its current form allows. Because we…
Published on 20/01/2026 – 8:14 GMT+1 Eurogroup’s session in Brussels this Monday confirmed Croatia’s Boris Vujčić as the successor to Spain’s Luis de Guindos, whose eight-year mandate at the ECB expires in May. While the nomination must still undergo consultative hearings at the European Parliament, and a review by the ECB’s Governing Council, this process is mostly protocol. Vujčić is expected to take office on 1 June and become Christine Lagarde’s right-hand man. The decision defied predictions and dismissed the European Parliament’s recommendations. The Croatian beat five other candidates for the job, including the favourite to win, Finland’s Olli Rehn,…
Davos rückt in den Mittelpunkt der Weltpolitik. Zum Start des World Economic Forum stellt sich die zentrale Frage, wie geschlossen EU, NATO und G7 auf Donald Trump reagieren und welche geopolitischen Weichen in den kommenden Tagen in der Schweiz gestellt werden. Gordon Repinski über ein Forum, das von Trump, Grönland, Zoll-Drohungen und der Zukunft des transatlantischen Verhältnis geprägt wird. In Deutschland rückt derweil auch wegen Trump die Energiepolitik in den Fokus. Die deutschen Gasspeicher sind so leer wie selten zu Jahresbeginn. Was politisch gewollt war, könnte sich mittelfristig als Risiko erweisen. Im Gespräch mit Josh Groeneveld vom POLITICO Pro-Newsletter “Energie…
For the past four years, European leaders have been working overtime to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity against Russia’s war of aggression, often putting together strongly worded statements of condemnation, holding phone calls at late hours and getting together for hastily convened crisis meetings. But this past weekend, the script flipped in dramatic fashion. European leaders found themselves doing the exact same thing – joint statements, phone calls and crisis meetings – to defend Denmark’s sovereignty and territorial integrity against a country that, on paper, is supposed to be their time-honoured ally and main security guarantor: the United States.…