1/3 🇪🇺🇨🇳 The #EUCO conclusions on China could have been more concrete. The debate on the next EU budget seems to have overshadowed other issues. Now we must turn discussions into action. The EU must stand united and defend its interests with one voice.

1/3 🇪🇺🇨🇳 Die Schlussfolgerungen des #EUCO zu China hätten konkreter sein können. Offenbar hat die Debatte über den EU-Haushalt vieles überlagert. Jetzt müssen aus Beratungen konkrete Maßnahmen werden. Europa muss geschlossen auftreten und seine Interessen gemeinsam vertreten.

Starlink remains vital for Ukraine to keep fighting Russian forces this winter, Latvian politician Andris Kulbergs has warned.

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"I am so thankful that we have such huge support from EU, [European] Council, [European] Commission and leaders. Real leaders," said President Zelenskyy with a wry smile as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels. #Ukraine #Russia #Trump #EUCO

Nothing in the #EUCO conclusions on #EUenlargement and reforms indicates any shift in the approach to internal preparations for an enlarged Union.

The rhetoric remains unchanged, with no commitments on further accessions – not even on #Montenegro

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Remarque qui m'a bien fait rire ce matin dans la NL du Rapporteur, aka @euractiv.com : « Qui aurait pu imaginer que le terme “pluriannuel” dans le CFP désignait également le temps qu’il faudrait aux États membres pour s’accorder ? » #EUCO

The world must learn fast, instead of lecturing Zelenskyy, who has shown angelic patience with the abusive and treacherous Trump regime.
De-risk, circumvent and become independent, individually and together in the post-American era.
#euco #Ukraine

#euco #Ukraine
The world must learn fast, instead of lecturing Zelenskyy, who has shown angelic patience with the abusive and treacherous Trump regime.
De-risk, circumvent and become independent, individually and together in the post-American era.
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🇪🇺 Second day of the European Council #EUCO meeting in Brussels.

EU leaders will focus on key issues:

📌 🇺🇦 Ukraine
📌 🛡️ European security and defence
📌 Migration
📌 Middle East

Competitiveness, the next MFF & enlargement marked the first day of October #EUCO.

🇭🇷 PM Andrej Plenković underlined the need for a balanced EU budget that preserves cohesion & agriculture and reaffirmed Croatia’s constructive support to a merit-based enlargement.

Los líderes de la UE abogaron este jueves por continuar el diálogo con países como China para reducir los desequilibrios en sus relaciones económicas, pero instaron también a desarrollar nuevos instrumentos de defensa comercial.

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#EUCO latest: António Costa takes charge of the EU budget negotiations. He will propose a revised nego-box in the coming weeks, with a different logic than the Irish one, which heavily cut the flexibility needed to respond to unforeseen crises.

Special summit on 26 November.

#EUCO latest: on top of the EU budget, leaders are clashing over the new ETS.

Italy, backed by the Visegrad 4 and Greece, wants to delay the system until 2030. But Sweden, backed by the Nordics, wants to preserve the 2028 timeline.

Drafting on energy conclusions continues...

#EUCO latest: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived. He will hold bilateral meetings with several leaders. But he won't join the summit itself until tomorrow morning.

"Now is the time to take decisions on supporting Ukraine, but I’m afraid no major decisions are incoming from #EUCO."

How to shift Washington’s position on Ukraine will be among the questions EU leaders grapple with, says @ditrych.bsky.social.

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#EUCO latest: the fight over the next EU budget has kicked off. But who’s who?

- Frugals: 🇦🇹🇩🇰🇫🇮🇩🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪
- Friends of Cohesion: 🇧🇬🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇪🇪🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇲🇹🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸
- Own Resources champion: 🇫🇷
- In between: 🇧🇪🇱🇺
- Presidency: 🇮🇪

Our joint appeal is making waves in 🇫🇷 : @lepoint.fr reports on 22 @netzwerk-ebd.de member organisations - inc industrie/trade unions/non4profit - calling for an EU budget that matches Europe’s responsibilities.

🇩🇪’s interests go beyond its net budget balance. #Euco

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1 Million citizens call on Merz, Weber, von der Leyen et al: Take your #HandsOffNature, keep the EU's environmental acquis alive! #EUCO

🇪🇺 doit défendre ses emplois et souveraineté industrielle, et Bart De Wever doit mettre le point à l’agenda Conseil européen qui se tient aujourd’hui et demain #GSK #EUCO

EXCLUSIVE: The EU is expected to prioritize chemicals and industrial machinery in its efforts to protect European industry from Chinese competition, two people familiar with the discussions have told us.

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