European Commission president hopes to move from confrontation to negotiation after Trump attack on ‘pathetic’ EU

• What are tariffs and why do they matter?

French prime minister François Bayrou told reporters that Donald Trump’s tariffs marked “a catastrophe” for the global economy, and posed “an immense difficulty” for Europe.

Speaking on the margins of a meeting in the French Senate, he also said the move will be “a catastrophe for the US and for US citizens.”

Far-right leader says guilty verdict was ‘a nuclear bomb’ used against her as her party president calls for protests

• Le Pen ban is ‘political and partisan’, says French far-right party’s president

In Kyiv, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha has offered an update on the talks with the United States over a new minerals deal.

Sybiha told a press conference held with his Lithuanian counterpart, Kestutis Budrys, that one round of consultations had already taken place and that an agreement providing for a strong American business presence in Ukraine would contribute to his country’s security infrastructure, Reuters reported.

Exact length of ban not yet known after French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty of misappropriating EU funds

The judges have begun reading their verdicts.

Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds.