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Munich Security Conference 2026: Wind of Change 2.0

The security precautions outside the MSC were as usual: barriers, a heavy police presence, meticulous checks. But as the conference draws to a close on Sunday evening, one irritating realisation remains: inside, nothing was the same, Dr Alexander Wolf writes in an opinion article for Euronews.

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India's global AI summit puts international governance to the test

Global leaders such as Emmanuel Macron are gathering in India for an AI Summit to try to agree on AI governance after the Paris AI pledge last year was deemed ‘meaningless’.

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Germany calls on France to increase defence spending

Foreign minister puts pressure on Emmanuel Macron amid doubts over US’s commitment to European defence

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Newsletter: A friendlier Rubio, but no olive branch for Europe

Also in this newsletter: Finnish minister warns Russia's reinforcing nuclear and Arctic assets near border; and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Hungary on the second stop of his Central Euroepan tour

Euronews

What next for Greenland and Ukraine? Questions after the Munich security conference

Gathering of world leaders in Germany has disbanded for another year, but many of the issues remain unresolved

The Guardian - AU

Europe confronts ‘new nuclear reality’ as Macron signals broader deterrence role

European leaders are increasingly confronting a once-taboo question: how to defend the continent in a more dangerous world if reliance on the United States can no longer be taken for granted.

Radio France Internationale

Offer to join Trump’s new era is met with growing sense of European steeliness

Talk of a stronger, independent Europe was the dominant mood in Munich amid bitter disagreement on Ukraine

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Macron hardens attack on far-left LFI, says antisemitic rhetoric must be tackled

Emmanuel Macron stepped up his criticism of France Unbowed, linking the left-wing party’s stance to broader concerns about antisemitism in public life.

Radio France Internationale

Munich Security Conference: Six quotes to take away from the world's biggest security conference

The annual gathering at the Munich Security Conference laid bare competing visions of the West. While Rubio called on Europe to help save a common civilisation, Kaja Kallas suggested Europe does not need saving.

Euronews

Macron calls for 'restraint' after death of young man attacked in Lyon

The young man died in hospital where he was admitted on Thursday to receive treatment for critical injuries on the fringes of an event held by LFI MEP Rima Hassan.

Euronews

France denies role in Niger airport attack as junta doubles down on accusations

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed suggestions of any planned intervention in Niger, firmly rejecting claims from the country’s ruling junta that Paris is orchestrating destabilisation efforts.

Radio France Internationale

Zelenskyy says Europe’s absence from peace talks is a 'big mistake' as he calls for more sanctions

The Ukrainian leader also called for stronger measures to crack down on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers which he described as "floating wallets" for Moscow. Zelenskyy said he's open to an election, but needs ceasefire.

Euronews

Munich Security Conference: Rubio calls on Europe to save the West in alignment with the US

US Secretary of State says America and Europe share roots and a common destiny but warns a decline in economic and cultural terms must be reversed. In a more diplomatic tone, Rubio pointed to a 'climate cult' and mass migration as threats to common prosperity.

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Macron tells critics to follow Europe’s lead as leaders seek to reset US ties

French President Emmanuel Macron has struck a defiant but optimistic tone in Munich, urging critics to 'take their cue' from Europe rather than dismiss it, as world leaders gathered to reset strained transatlantic ties.

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US and Europe ‘will always be intertwined’, Rubio tells security gathering

The US Secretary of State’s address at the Munich Security Conference was a drastic contrast with that made by vice president JD Vance in 2025.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: conflict could end if Russia economically or militarily ‘exhausted’, says Germany’s Merz

Ukraine-Russia war high on the agenda at Munich Security Council; France’s Macron says world must not accept Ukraine defeated. What we know on day 1,452

The Independent UK

‘Lamps would go out across Europe’ under Greens or Reform, Starmer to claim

The Prime Minister will suggest the two parties would pose a risk to Britain and Europe’s security during a speech in Munich.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer to call for Europe to curb dependence on US at defence summit

The UK must deepen ties with the EU and not ‘surrender’ control by turning inwards, the Prime Minister will say in Munich.

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Euronews

Macron says Europe must redesign its security independently, citing 'holistic' nuclear deterrence

French President says Europe will have to define its own security parameters independently in the future and confirms Paris is holding strategic nuclear talks with allies for common deterrence. 'It's a holistic approach'.

The Independent UK

German chancellor Friedrich Merz makes Brexit joke to Starmer at Munich summit

Germany’s Friedrich Merz quipped to Sir Keir Starmer “I hope you don’t mind about the European flag” as they posed for the cameras in front of a row of flags ahead of their meeting with France’s Emmanuel Macron.

The Guardian - UK

US ‘not powerful enough to go it alone’, Merz tells Munich conference

German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies’

Euronews

António Costa dials back two-speed Europe debate, says it's a 'non-issue'

"Enhanced cooperation is not an issue," António Costa dials back two-speed Europe debate, saying unity among member states will prevail.

Euronews

France’s ‘French Response’ uses memes and sarcasm to fight disinformation on X

Through posts combining provocation, humour and irony, the "French Response" account has taken potshots at trolls, but also top-level politicians. It is part of a wider strategy led by Paris to combat disinformation, ministry told Euronews.

Radio France Internationale

France's new energy law slashes targets on renewables in favour of nuclear

After years of wrangling, France has set out a new energy law that slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run energy provider EDF to shut down nuclear plants.

The Guardian - AU

Macron swipes at Trump tariffs and Greenland threats; Zelenskyy has strong words for Russia – as it happened

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