European leaders scrambled to maintain relevance after being excluded from US-Russia negotiations over Ukraine. Macron announced an emergency European security summit in Paris for Monday, gathering key EU states to formulate a response. This followed the previous day's Munich conference tensions.
The morning saw multiple reports of Trump-Putin alignment on mineral rights negotiations in Ukraine, while digital archivists mobilized against Trump's ordered purge of federal websites. By afternoon, French media focused on the ISIS trial of Mehdi Nemmouche for torturing French journalists in Syria, linking past and present security concerns.
Evening coverage centered on a 17-year-old attacking police with samurai swords in Vitry, while European military capabilities assessments showed Poland's emergence as a leading force on NATO's eastern flank.