Donald Trump’s late backtrack on threatened tariffs, and his withdrawal of rhetoric around using military force over Greenland changed the tone of what was meant to be a crisis EU summit this week. But as European leaders gather in Brussels, questions remain about how close the bloc came to a full-blown trade confrontation with the United States, and what comes next.
Political Editor Mary Regan joins Tabitha Monahan from Brussels to explain why the EU now faces a more complicated challenge: shifting from confrontation to negotiation, while reassessing its long-term relationship with Washington.
They also chatted through a new state-led childcare plan, aimed at increasing capacity through publicly owned centres, though critics say it will take years to make a meaningful dent in shortages.