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Ahead of the meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron writes on X that France remains determined to work with partners to secure de-escalation measures and to impose a ceasefire.
Europeans will necessarily be a key pillar of the just and lasting solution we are collectively building together.
to end Russia's war on Ukraine, he says.
Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are also determined to convince their Belgian colleague Bart de Wever to agree to allow more than 100 billion euros of frozen Russian assets held in Belgium to be used as collateral for a loan to Ukraine.
De Wever says other European Union governments haven't yet agreed to his requirements, including agreeing to share the burden of paying back the money to Moscow, if that becomes necessary.
For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
Ex-executive Nikita Beer called it irony that the European Commission posted on the platform that it had found the company in violation of transparency rules.
He said the commission had logged on to a dormant ad account and that now this account has been terminated.
An ad account is one linked to a user's main account from which advertising campaigns can be run.
On Friday, the European Commission announced X was in violation of the EU's Digital Services Act for allowing blue checkmarks to be purchased instead of verifying users' identities, for not being transparent about the advertising it runs, and for not allowing researchers to access public data.
The company must amend its practices within three months or face further fines.
For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
The strategy says Europe is in economic decline and faces impending civilizational erasure.
It blames the European Union in part for undermining political liberty and sovereignty, including freedom of speech.
It says within a few decades, certain NATO countries will become majority non-European due to excessive immigration.
The German Marshall Fund's Ian Lesser says the document is unlikely to be widely appreciated.
On X, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt notes, Europe seems to be the only part of the world where the new security strategy sees any threat to democracy, which he calls bizarre.
For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
The strategy says Europe is in economic decline and faces impending civilizational erasure.