Scholz has declined Macron's invitation to join him for a joint summit with Chinese President Xi and the EU's von der Leyen in Paris on Monday.

Instead, Scholz will travel to Lithuania and Latvia on Monday, a spokesperson said.

If, for some reason, you don’t want to listen to 🇪🇪 Prime Minister, then listen to 🇫🇷 President.

Their message is the same - Europe’s existential interests are at stake. Thus - Europe must do more.

Kaja Kallas

Really wonder if anyone cares about Barroso’s opinion…. #euco

In an exclusive report, Frederik Pleitgen gets a close-up look at the types of missiles Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps used in its attack on Israel.

Ukrainian forces near besieged Chasiv Yar say they badly need ammunition reut.rs/3w7AVMS

World champion Clareburt hopes China doping case won't dominate Paris reut.rs/4b9miaC

China highway collapse kills 19 people bbc.in/3Ulc2Fm

Oulala ! One week ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to Paris, Emmanuel Macron is photographed at Elysee palace with Sikyong Penpa Tsering, head of the Tibetan 'government in exile', during a Légion d'honneur ceremony for ex-senator André Gattolin. Signal of French anger or faux-pas?

These hybrid attacks should not be ignored or tolerated.

#BREAKING 🇫🇷 Senator Olivier Cadic names five French politicians targeted by China in 2021 as Isabelle Florennes, Bernard Jomier, André Vallini, Olivier Cadic himself, and André Gattolin.

Cadic describes #APT31 as an act of 'cyber war' and asks the Minister why he was not…

I recently spoke with POLITICOEurope about how PRC support to Russia’s war on Ukraine poses a significant threat to European security.

Read here ➡️ politico.eu/article/us-acc…

In fact, our POLITICO livestream is being watched by more than 100,000 people as we speak - and that’s just one platform.

Thanks for watching though!

On board a Philippines coastguard ship, being hounded by at least 5 Chinese vessels, near Scarborough Shoal. Aggressively tactics by the Chinese, completely blocking one Philippines boat and hammering ours with water cannon.

A bad night for TikTok is turning worse, as Socialist lead candidate Nicolas Schmit also seems supportive for a ban: politico.eu/article/europe…

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted that banning TikTok in the European Union is an option, during a debate this evening in Maastricht.

politico.eu/article/tiktok…

Bombshell surprise by VDL: she says a TikTok ban is not excluded.