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The Council set its position on amending the market stability reserve for a smooth launch of the emissions trading system for buildings, road transport and additional sectors.

The Council today appointed Satu Koivu as new head of mission for European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA).

The Council extended the restrictive measures on Zimbabwe until February 2027 maintaining the arms embargo, while lifting travel bans and asset freezes.

Der Rat hat heute Schlussfolgerungen zur Festlegung von Leitlinien für den EU-Haushaltsplan 2027 gebilligt. Die Leitlinien dienen der Kommission als politische Orientierung für die Ausarbeitung des Haushaltsplanentwurfs für das kommende Jahr.

Der Rat hat heute die nationale Ausweichklausel im Rahmen des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakts für Österreich aktiviert. Damit soll Österreich der Übergang zu höheren Verteidigungsausgaben auf nationaler Ebene unter Wahrung der Tragfähigkeit der öffentlichen Verschuldung erleichtert werden.

Der Rat hat heute zwei Länder – die Turks- und Caicosinseln und Vietnam – in die EU-Liste aufgenommen. Gleichzeitig wurden drei Länder – Fidschi, Samoa sowie Trinidad und Tobago – gestrichen. Damit umfasst die Liste nun zehn Länder und Gebiete.

Der Präsident des Europäischen Rates, António Costa, reist diese Woche zu hochrangigen Treffen nach Oslo. Der Besuch zeigt die starke Dynamik der bilateralen Beziehungen zu Norwegen, einem gleichgesinnten Land, das zu den engsten Partnern der Europäischen Union gehört.

Der Rat hat eine Richtlinie förmlich angenommen, mit der die Liste der Schadstoffe (Pestizide, Arzneimittel, PFAS u. a.), die Oberflächengewässer und Grundwasser beeinträchtigen, erweitert und aktualisiert wird.

Remarks by Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis on the euro area recommendation, the international role of the euro, and global imbalances.

The Eurogroup reconfirmed Tuomas Saarenheimo as President of the Eurogroup working group.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 16-22 February 2026.

Auf der Pressekonferenz im Anschluss an die informelle Klausurtagung der EU-Führungsspitzen vom 12. Februar 2026 stellte Präsident António Costa die wichtigsten Themen der Beratungen vor.

Vor Beginn der informellen Klausurtagung der EU-Führungsspitzen am 12. Februar 2026 im Schloss Alden Biesen (Belgien) wandte sich der Präsident des Europäischen Rates António Costa an die Presse.

Written by Anna Caprile, Eric Pichon.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has been President of the Russian Federation since 31 December 1999, except for a brief four-year interlude from 2008 to 2012 during which he held the office of prime minister but effectively maintained his political authority.

During Putin’s 26-year rule, Russia has been at war, overtly or covertly, for 21 years. Putin’s first term coincided with the launching of the Second Chechen War, intended to be brief but which lasted for 10 violent years. In 2014, during Putin’s third term, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and the initially covert support to the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine gradually became overt, leading up to the full-scale invasion of February 2022. Overlapping with these two armed conflicts, the Russo-Georgian War took place in 2008, and since 2015 Russia has deployed military forces in Syria. Russian paramilitary groups have also expanded operations in Africa.

The transformation of Russia over these 26 years has been fundamental. A series of indicators can help measure its economic evolution, the surge in military expenditure, its demographic decline, the worsening of various freedom and governance rankings, and growing inequality. In a shift towards the east, China has become, by far, Russia’s main trading partner, providing it with a crucial economic and diplomatic lifeline since 2022.

Putin, now 73 years old, was proclaimed President of the Russian Federation for his fifth term in 2024, after obtaining over 88 % of the votes in what was broadly seen as yet another ritual electoral performance. In line with the constitutional reforms introduced in 2020, he can remain in power until 2036.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Russia under Vladimir Putin: His 26-year rule in facts and figures‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Despite being posted on Feb. 18 after news broke about the reversal to Trump’s preferred VIP livery design, the rendering is in fact identical to one that has been used by Boeing for some time.   After a U.S. Air Force C-32A broke cover with a fresh paint scheme, replacing the traditional egg-blue and white livery, […]

Claims about modifying the F-35’s software raise legitimate sovereignty questions. But cybersecurity architecture, cryptography, and sustainment realities define strict limits on what can and cannot be done. As we reported in detail in a previous story, on Feb. 15, 2026, talking to the BNR Nieuwsradio Podcast, Dutch State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman suggested that […]

The Navy has launched a Programmed Structural Sustainment Repair program for the dozens of F-16s acquired from the Air Force, which will allow them to fly through 2035. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced last week two major milestones with its ex-U.S. Air Force F-16 jets used in the Adversary role. The Adversary […]

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2026 - EP

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2026 - EP

Il va falloir se souvenir de ce week-end de février, parce qu'il restera sans le moindre doute possible comme un moment historique. Non pas que ce qui s'y est passé soit absolument inédit — la négation de la course au fascisme sous Macron, l'accablement de l'unique formation politique réellement d'opposition. La bascule dans ce que par commodité on appelle la « trumpisation », c'est-à-dire une manière hors-norme de mentir, de déformer et de fabriquer, a saisi l'entièreté du paysage politique et médiatique, et cette bascule est totale.

- La pompe à phynance