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Paris, September 25th, 2025.

From AI Regulation to the War in Ukraine: What Users Asked on ChatEurope’s Trusted News Platform

ChatEurope, the innovative AI-driven platform (www.chateurope.eu) launched on July 1st by a consortium of leading European media outlets, has already answered more than 8,200 questions in its first two months of operation.

A Promising Start Despite the Summer Launch
The launch took place at the beginning of the summer holiday season, traditionally a quieter period for news consumption. Nevertheless, users engaged actively with ChatEurope from day one. Since June, traffic has been on a steady upward trend, showing growing demand for trustworthy European news powered by artificial intelligence.

Key Insights from July–August
The first analysis of user requests highlights the topics that drew the most attention:

  1. AI & EU Regulation
     A clear leader, with users eager to understand the European Union’s digital agenda: the AI Act, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
  2. War in Ukraine
     The war remains a central concern for Europeans, particularly in the context of the mid-August Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska.
  3. Regional News & Local Updates
     Many users sought country- or region-specific news across the EU, underlining the need for localized information.

A Regular Barometer of European Concerns
This first overview demonstrates the appetite for reliable answers on the most pressing issues facing Europe. To maintain transparency and provide insights into citizens’ concerns, ChatEurope will publish every quarter a ranking of the most searched topics, based on the thousands of questions received.

Funding note
ChatEurope receives funding from the European Commission.

ChatEurope partners :

About us

#ChatEurope is the first chatbot dedicated to European news. Launched by 15 European partners, the project includes a unique news platform, an integrated chatbot and social media channels. Led by Agence France-Presse, the media consortium behind this platform brings together prominent names in European journalism: the German and French broadcasters Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde; the Romanian radio RFI Romania; the German and Italian news agencies dpa and Ansa; the Polish press group Agora; the Spanish non-profit foundation fighting against disinformation Maldita.es; the Spanish daily El Pais, and the online media outlet specialized in Southeast Europe OBCT. 

Paris, July 1st, 2025. 

ChatEurope, the first chatbot dedicated to European news   

Where have rents increased the most in Europe?  How many countries have already adopted the euro? What does the European rearmament plan entail? ... Everything you want to know about Europe, ask #ChatEurope and get the facts!   

Launched today by 15 partners including a dozen leading European media organizations, this unique news platform (www.chateurope.eu) integrates, for the first time, a chatbot, a conversational agent powered by artificial intelligence, able to answer your questions about European news in all EU languages. 

Its purpose is very simple: to help you better understand Europe, the way it works, how decisions are made and how these decisions impact your life.   

Led by Agence France-Presse, the media consortium behind this platform brings together prominent names in European journalism: the German and French broadcasters Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde; the Romanian radio RFI Romania; the German and Italian news agencies dpa and Ansa; the Polish press group Agora; the Spanish non-profit foundation fighting against disinformation Maldita.es; the Spanish daily El Pais, and the online media outlet specialized in Southeast Europe OBCT.   

At the heart of this innovative project, the ChatEurope chatbot was developed by the Romanian company DRUID AI and operates using the language model of the French company Mistral.  

As the technical partner of the project, Xwiki developed the news platform. Dpa and AFP subsidiaries, news aktuell and MediaConnect, are in charge of the communication. 

ChatEurope formulates its answers solely based on the thousands of articles provided by consortium members and always cites its sources, offering its users a guarantee of reliability amid widespread disinformation on social media.   

In a rapidly evolving media landscape, it also promises users a fully personalized experience, navigating the content offering based on their questions.   

Breaking news, analyses, explanatory formats to better understand Europe, articles on the national implications of European policies, vertical videos on social media and even documentaries, ChatEurope is aimed at all European citizens, regardless of their origin or age.   

This platform was launched in seven languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Romanian, and Polish, but its chatbot is able to answer in all EU languages.  

ChatEurope is co-funded by the European Commission and enjoys complete editorial independence, a key to its credibility.   

“By combining reliability and innovation, ChatEurope will be a game-changer when it comes to information on European affairs. Through this new platform, European citizens will be able to converse in their own language with a chatbot capable of finding credible, verified answers to their questions from the news content provided by leading media organizations. Media urgently need to adapt in the face of pervasive disinformation and the advent of artificial intelligence, and that's precisely what we're doing with ChatEurope," said Christine Buhagiar, AFP's director of development and diversification 

ChatEurope partners: 

About us 

#ChatEurope is the first chatbot dedicated to European news. Launched by 15 European partners, the project includes a unique news platform, an integrated chatbot and social media channels. Led by Agence France-Presse, the media consortium behind this platform brings together prominent names in European journalism: the German and French broadcasters Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde; the Romanian radio RFI Romania; the German and Italian news agencies dpa and Ansa; the Polish press group Agora; the Spanish non-profit foundation fighting against disinformation Maldita.es; the Spanish daily El Pais, and the online media outlet specialized in Southeast Europe OBCT.  

Contact: Anne Boussarie / press@chateurope.eu