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We are also expecting news from France this morning. While we await the verdict in the high-profile case filed against French First Lady Brigitte Macron alleging online harassment. There were malicious comments about her, including claims that she was born male.
10 people are charged Making malicious comments about her gender and sexuality. For some, this included characterizing her age difference with her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, as “pedophilia”. If convicted, they face up to two years in prison.
Paris trial continues The final stage of the legal struggle on both sides of the Atlantic Against the false claim that Brigitte Macron is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
Here is the latest report on the case:
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AFP reported Strikes spark anger at government in some parts of the countryAs temperatures dropped to -8C, backup systems were activated to protect water and heating supplies, the official said.
Two airports in neighboring Poland were forced to close briefly early Monday as the country’s military monitored Russian incursions into western Ukraine.
Morning opening: What a year it’s been, hasn’t it?
Yakup Krupa
Welcome back to Europe Live in 2026. I hope you all had a great holiday and are ready to face the year ahead because it looks like it’s going to be pretty crazy once again.
So far, we’ve had US military action in Venezuela that left EU leaders devastated, a massive power outage in Berlin, a devastating airspace control blackout in Greece, heavy snowfalls in parts of Europe, new Russian attacks on Ukraine and, just last night, new US threats against NATO ally Denmark over Greenland.
paraphrase A popular scene from Tintinthis turned into a meme: What a year it’s been, huh? Captain, it’s only January 5th. Fasten your seat belts.
This is not normal for the Danish prime minister. Mette FrederiksenHaving to make a harsh statement to the US president, DonaldTrump, HE:
“There is absolutely no point in talking about the US need to seize Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom.”
HE added:
“Therefore, I strongly appeal to the USA” Stopping threats to a historically close ally and against another country and other people who openly say they are not for sale.”
It was quickly and pointedly supported by other regional leaders, including Finland’s. Alexander StubbIceland’s Kristrún Frostadóttir, Norway’s Jonas Gahr Store and Ulf Kristersson from Sweden.
In a post on Facebook, prime minister of greenland Jens-Frthank you Nielsen he also called Trump’s comments “completely and utterly unacceptable” and “disrespectful.”
But speaking on Air Force One a few hours after their announcement on Sunday, Trump doubled down on his claim that Greenland should be part of the United States.
“We need Greenland for national security and Denmark will not achieve this” Trump told reporters:
“Do you know what Denmark did recently to improve security in Greenland? They added another dog sled… “The European Union needs us to have this, and they know it.”
“We’ll be worrying about Greenland in about two months… Let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days,” he added.
Thing.
The Danish Trump watcher, a position specifically set up to monitor what comes out of the US president’s mouth to warn Danish leaders, must have sighed a few times last night.
I will tell you all the important developments here.
His Monday, January 5 2025 2026, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
