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On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we look ahead to the peace talks resuming in Geneva today nearly four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With pressure from Donald Trump and doubts raised by Marco Rubio, are negotiations moving forward — or nowhere at all? We also have an update on Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India just three weeks after the EU’s landmark deal with New Delhi. And in Hungary, Viktor Orbán faces mounting pressure from challenger Péter Magyar as US backing enters the campaign. Finally, we bring you up to speed on the Epso exam required to get a job in the EU. 

On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Mared Gwyn, we get you up to date over what happened this weekend at the Munich Security Conference with our EU editor Maria Tadeo. We also speak with Fabrice Pothier, CEO of Rasmussen Global and our Defence reporter, Alice Tidey, helps us explore the debate over an European nuclear umbrella. We then cross to Berlin with our correspondent Laura Fleischmann to speak over the controversial jury comments at the Berlinale Film Festival.

Which EU leader would you choose for a dinner date this Valentine's Day? And is the EU-Mercosur deal as big an opportunity as it has been portrayed?To discuss these topics, we sat down with Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, Brazil’s ambassador to the EU, Adélaïde Charlier, Belgian climate and human rights activist and Teresa Küchler, European correspondent for Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet.This is an extract from the weekly Euronews podcast Brussels, My Love?.To continue listening, visit the Brussels, My Love? feed on your favourite podcast app.You can also find us on YouTube and on our website.

On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon we speak in an exclusive interview with European Parliament president Roberta Metsola at the Belgian castle where EU leaders met yesterday. We also speak with European Commissioner for Sports, Glenn Micallef, about the disqualification of an Ukranian athlete at the Winter Olympics over a helmet picturing dead ukranian athletes. We also travel to Munich to our EU news editor Maria Tadeo ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we cover the latest from today’s EU leaders’ retreat in the Belgian countryside and look at the possibility of fresh elections in Ukraine. We’re joined by former Greek finance minister Yannis Varoufakis and we get an update on the Hungarian election campaign’s dirty laundry from our correspondent, Sándor Zsíros.

On today’s Europe Today, we dive into the tensions that are rising over the future of the European economy as EU leaders prepare for a crucial retreat in Belgium. French President Emmanuel Macron calls it a moment of truth for the EU, pushing for new common EU debt — while Germany’s Friedrich Merz firmly resists. Is there a compromise in sight? From Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses MEPs ahead of high-stakes talks with industry leaders in Antwerp. We break down the political signals and what they mean for Europe’s economic direction. We also break down the European Parliament votes on stricter asylum rules, paving the way for easier deportations to countries outside the EU.

European leaders are heading into a make-or-break week. Ahead of a crucial summit, EU capitals have received a blunt message from Brussels: fix the single market, slash red tape, and accept that Europe may have to move at different speeds — or risk falling behind. In this episode, we head to Strasbourg to join our EU editor Maria Tadeo on why deep political divisions could still derail reform. In Berlin, we look at the growing alliance between Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni — is this a power couple shaping Europe’s future, and what does it mean for the traditional Franco-German engine?We also turn to Ukraine, as new diplomatic talks raise hopes — and questions — about a possible end to the war, with a US-backed June deadline now on the table. And finally, how a 14-minute Super Bowl performance by Bad Bunny has unexpectedly sparked political debate across Europe.

From the Olympic spotlight in Milan–Cortina to high-stakes diplomacy on Europe’s borders, Europe Today unpacks a continent at a political crossroads. As protests and politics spill into sport, we examine what growing tensions mean for EU–US relations ahead of the Munich Security Conference, with insight from EU news editor Maria Tadeo. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas joins us in the studio to discuss Ukraine, Russia, Iran, and Europe’s global role, before we turn to Portugal’s storm-hit presidential election and hear a personal testimony from Iranian-French chess grandmaster Mitra Hejazipour.