Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Ian Lesser, Distinguished Fellow and Advisor to the President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, explains that Trump “doesn’t completely share the European view about the nature of the threat to European security that Russian behavior poses. Fot him this is a conflict to be gotten … Read more
France’s government took another step toward ensuring “strategic autonomy” for its intelligence services Tuesday, announcing that it would ditch using American AI giant Palantir’s data-sifting systems in favor of a domestic provider. The move comes as European governments are increasingly wary of relying on US technologies. Source link
US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are among Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s closest foreign policy partners. Yet these relationships have evolved in very different ways – some much better, some worse than expected. Emmanuel Macron: Unable to find common ground Few people in … Read more
France’s government took a new step Tuesday in search of “strategic autonomy” for its intelligence services, announcing that it would ditch American AI giant Palantir’s data sifting systems in favor of a domestic provider. Source link
Before he left Washington, there were reports Volodymyr Zelenskiy wasn’t even on Donald Trump’s G7 bilateral meeting list, but in the end, the US president took the meeting. And more. In the French Alps resort of Evian, Trump putting the UN on Vladimir Putin to come to the bargaining table and even suggesting a rapid … Read more
World Cup favorites France take on Senegal in their opening Group I match, in a repeat of the fixture that saw the Lions of Teranga clinch a famous win over the then-title holders. Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé start for Les Bleus, with Sadio Mané leading Senegal’s attack. Follow our live, minute-by-minute coverage. Source link
The British military said it is investigating after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a UK-registered yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, about 30 kilometers south of the Isle of Wight. Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots after it made a “dangerous approach”. Source link
The European Parliament is expected to approve new rules to make it easier for farmers to grow genetically edited crops using new genomic technologies (NGTs). Voting on the NGT is scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 2026. If so, it would mark a major policy change. Brussels has maintained a cautious stance on genetically modified organisms … Read more
Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Peter Zamaya, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. His central argument is that traditional assumptions about military strength are increasingly being challenged by technological innovation, asymmetric warfare, and political resilience. In this framework, Ukraine’s ability to strike deep into Russian territory and sustain resistance against a much larger adversary … Read more
Visitors are finally stepping into darkness at the Pont Neuf, where French artist JR has transformed Paris’s oldest bridge into a towering artificial cavern. The installation was originally set to open to the public on June 6, but strong winds tore parts of the inflatable structure a few days before its debut. Combining scent, sound, … Read more