EurActiv · Januar 2026

• reports EU actions and decisions factually
• quotes EU officials without evaluative framing
• covers both achievements and criticisms of EU policies
• uses neutral verbs like 'says', 'pledges', 'weighs'

Coverage is predominantly factual and balanced, with no consistent positive or negative framing of the EU as an entity. Headline 7 quotes Fico's criticism of the EU, but the outlet itself does not endorse it. Headlines 1, 11, and 12 raise regulatory concerns but attribute them to external actors or reports, not the outlet's own stance.

• frames Trump's actions as threats or escalations
• uses distancing verbs like 'claims' and 'denies'
• highlights opposition and resistance to Trump
• quotes experts and officials criticizing Trump

Coverage is consistently skeptical, treating Trump as a disruptive force whose statements are challenged by officials and experts. No celebratory or neutral framing of Trump's actions.

• frames US as a threat or aggressor (tariffs, threats, force)
• uses distancing verbs for US claims ('says', 'announces')
• highlights European pushback and unity against US
• selectively reports US controversies (Musk, deepfakes, legal concerns)

The outlet's stance is toward the US as a country, not the Trump administration alone; coverage is consistently critical of US policy moves (tariffs, Greenland threats) and amplifies European opposition, but does not use outright delegitimising language about the US as a nation. The entity is treated as a problematic actor, not a hostile regime.