A €1.5bn EU plan to kickstart domestic battery production failed to convince MEPs who warned that proposed funding is dwarfed by Chinese state support.

Trump will meet EU leaders at Davos after starting a trade war over Greenland, while MEPs vote on €90bn for Ukraine.

A US decision to unleash trade war against EU and Nato allies over Greenland has struck another blow inside the Western family, delighting Russia.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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