Janan Ganesh: Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep
Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
Emmanuel Macron
Another week in which defence dominates EU agenda
Negotiations around increasing military aid to Ukraine continue at summit of EU leaders
Bundestag backs record borrowing package
Three-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spending
Trump to speak to Putin by phone as Ukraine peacekeeping plans progress
Simon Harris accuses Russian president of stalling over a peace deal with Ukraine
What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week
The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way
How do you become a Trump whisperer? Ask Starmer, Macron and Meloni
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security
Trump ‘considering’ more financial steps against Russia in push to end its war on Ukraine
Ukraine scrambles French-supplied jets for first time to counter big Russian strike on infrastructure
Manspread for Ireland and don’t ask about Trump’s Russia trip: How Taoiseach should approach US visit
Have a fanfare sound as you unfurl some paper decorated with squiggles. Tell him it is an invitation written in ancient Ogham from the Little People inviting him to visit the land of the leprechauns
Macron open to extending French nuclear protection to European allies
President warns it would be ‘madness’ to ignore Russian threat to Europe
A ‘one-month truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure’: What’s in Europe’s Ukraine peace plan?
Kremlin says someone will have to force Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make peace
‘Zelenskiy had to stand up for himself, for Ukraine and the truth’: Ukrainians now look to Europe after White House chaos
Some Ukrainians say Zelenskiy should not have become frustrated in Oval Office, others think he was intentionally goaded
‘I have done hideous things’: the French surgeon who kept diaries detailing his alleged sexual crimes
Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of the rape and sexual assault of 299 patients. Coming in the wake of the Pelicot trial, the case is another sign of France’s slow-changing attitudes to sexual crimes
US-Ukraine ties in tatters as their leaders argue in the White House
Trump tells Zelenskiy to ‘make a deal or we are out’ as he pushes for rapprochement with Russia
Micheál Martin should follow Macron’s playbook for handling Trump
The French president recognised the need to stroke Trump’s ego even as he confidently reasserted Europe’s position on several issues
Keir Starmer faces a defining moment as he heads for Washington
Trade and defence, including the future of Ukraine, will top the agenda for the UK PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump as president
Ukraine peace deal could come in phases following a pause in fighting, EU leaders told
Security guarantees could follow on from ceasefire, conference in wake of Macron-Trump summit heard
Macron’s Ukraine ‘turning point’ lacks security commitments from Trump
French president seeks US ‘backstop’ as part of postwar agreement
US sides with Russia to vote against UN resolution supporting Ukraine in extraordinary move
France’s Macron says a truce ‘could be done in the weeks to come’
Macron, Merz and Micheál Martin plot ways to fill gap left by US on Ukraine
Cabinet meets today before Dáil returns, with resumption of weekly speaking row likely
Ukraine seeks to soothe Trump spat with call for ‘strong, effective’ deal on US ties
Russia backs White House criticism of Kyiv as European leaders support Zelenskiy
Notre-Dame restoration: ‘It’s the project of our life’
Paris letter: National effort saw Notre-Dame cathedral restored following devastating fire
Micheál Martin to take part in European leaders' call on Ukraine talks
Second discussion among wider group of European leaders and Canada organised by French president Emmanuel Macron
European leaders say peace deal cannot be dictated to Ukraine
Emergency summit of European leaders comes at same time US and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia
Ukraine settlement would need broad security guarantees, says Tusk at emergency summit
European leaders emergency summit hears calls for big increase in defence spending
Ukraine war deal more existential for EU than US tariff dispute
Leaders mull how to fill gap left by US drift away from European allies
European leaders meet over Trump plan for talks to end Ukraine war
US view that Europe should not be part of the negotiations sparks alarm in EU capitals
French government survives no-confidence votes, but political deadlock remains
Prime minister François Bayrou is trying to succeed where Michel Barnier failed, but faces a very high mountain
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Safe, transparent, trustworthy AI? No thanks, say US and UK
Planet Business: Plastic straw update, Elon Musk’s 19-year-old Doge lieutenant and the latest in Gulf of America appeasement
As the global AI race intensifies, Europe tries to close the large gap
At a summit in Paris, the EU pledges to start putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to artificial intelligence
The Irish Times view on the French government: a fragile lease of life
Passing the budget will come as a relief to President Macron, but he will know that further tests lie ahead for a shaky government
Rapid growth of AI poses ‘profound’ threat to privacy
Paris meeting hears call for caution around development of AI software by handful of big tech companies
EU urged to cut regulation to catch up in artificial intelligence race
Taoiseach Micheál Martin among world leaders travelling to Paris for AI summit
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