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Good morning. I'm Mared Gwyn, holding the newsletter pen this Wednesday morning. Today: Brussels becomes the stage for intensified diplomacy on Ukraine, and I break down the key takeaways from Euronews' Enlargement Summit.
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Kobakhidze said he remains "very committed" to EU accession but offered no plan to restart negotiations, accusing the European Commission of "blackmail" and refusing to repeal two laws among the main sticking points in the dispute with Brussels.
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Leaders meet at Euronews' second Enlargement Summit at a pivotal moment for EU expansion. Montenegro is held back by bilateral disputes and Albania by protests, while Moldova and Ukraine make uneven progress. The Commission's roadmaps risk widening the gap between frontrunners and stalled candidates.
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Ukraine is set to move up to €1bn of its EU loan into the Ukraine Support Instrument to integrate its defence industry with its European partners. The move is part of a Defence Industrial Pact that should remove regulatory hurdles for industrial cooperation and to encourage member states to destock.
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The statement comes after a confrontation outside the Constitutional Tribunal building on Friday night, broadcast live on television, that has pushed a decade-old dispute into the wider European political debate.
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The European Commission plans to concentrate the second €45 billion tranche of its €90 billion loan in the first half of 2027, allocating €31.7 billion for the military and €13.3 billion for the budget, as Ukraine faces a €70 billion shortfall next year.
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