15 Dec 2025

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 15 December 2025

Europe forced to cope with unpredictable, shocking realities of Trump, changing political landscape, with rise of populist and far-right parties, and navigating digital & AI rules, amid growing concern about disinformation.

Seamus Kearney wraps up 2025 news from Europe.   

(L/R) NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks with US President Donald Trump on August 18, as they try to find a way to end Russia's offensive. The leaders heading to Washington on Monday to appear alongside Zelensky call themselves the "coalition of the willing." (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in White House. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

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