Europe Today: Ukraine close to peace and EU-Mercosur to seal the deal?

Coming up today: a real chance for peace. At key talks in Berlin, European leaders have declared to have made ‘significant progress’ on ending the war in Ukraine but insisted that ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.'

In a huddle between American envoys and EU leaders, Europeans said they stand ready to lead a peace-keeping force in Ukraine. To get up to speed, our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina will join us live in our studio.

We will also dive deeper into the politics and diplomacy behind the Berlin meeting, crossing over to the German capital where our correspondent Laura Fleischmann will fill us in.

Then, from the German capital to the French city of Strasbourg, where members of the European Parliament are meeting for the last plenary of the year. On the agenda: a potential showdown on the EU’s trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur. Thomas Waitz, the Austrian ecological farmer and MEP politician for the Greens Party, will be with us live for an interview.

And while MEPS are deliberating in Strasbourg, over 5000 farmers from all over Europe are on route to Brussels for a major protest this Thursday. That's the same day as the EU summit. Our Jakub Janas has been taking a look at their winter of discontent and will explain further why it has come to be in the first place.

Finally, we look at a levy for online shoppers coming next summer. In an attempt to tackle the flood of cheap Chinese ecommerce packages, Brussels has agreed on a very concrete measure that will hit your pocket. Aida Sanchez reports about it.

When and where to watch Europe Today?

Every morning at 8:00 CET, you can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo, who will bring you up to speed on the major news events of the day in our new daily show “Europe Today”.

Broadcasting live from Brussels, our new format will bring you the day’s key events plus crucial analysis of all the stories shaping the EU and beyond.