At this year's Munich Security Conference, the U.S. struck a softer tone — but Europe remains wary.

Back in Brussels, as finance ministers gather for a Eurogroup meeting, a new informal format — the so-called E6 — is drawing attention. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland — Europe’s biggest economies — are coordinating more closely. This is reigniting questions about whether the EU is drifting toward a multi-speed future and not everyone is comfortable with it.

Meanwhile, after 613 days without a fully empowered executive, Brussels finally has a new regional government.
Host Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by Nick Vinocur, POLITICO’s chief foreign affairs correspondent.
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