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Without “major intervention” the UK risks increasing geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict and migration.

With conflict over Greenland averted for now, European leaders will be tempted to retreat to their comfort zone of cowardice. But the next crisis will soon be here, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

In an interview on Euronews’ morning show Europe Today, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rebuked US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative. He also expressed relief at the de-escalation of tensions with the US over Greenland.

EU leaders have expressed relief after US President Donald Trump withdrew threats to annex Greenland by force and impose fresh tariffs on certain member states. At emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday leaders also called for vigilance, unity and the need to defend European interests.

A closer alliance between Meloni and Merz is on the horizon, with the ambition to change Europe after decades of dominance by the Franco-German axis.

Also in this newsletter: the EU raises 'serious concerns' about Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

The European Union is ready to implement a free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis

Since Russia full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, Europe's attention has been firmly fixed on NATO's eastern flank. But could the Arctic become the next area requiring defence and does Bundeswehr have the capacity to take on that role?

IN FOCUS: Trump insisted everybody was ‘happy’ with him at the World Economic Forum in Davos. But European leaders face growing criticism for failing to push back against the US president, writes James C Reynolds