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Sixteen Capitals Missed the AI Deadline. On Friday They Meet to Discuss Europe's AI Ambitions
Sixteen EU governments have not appointed the national authority required to enforce the AI Act, and ten more have only provisional decisions. Brussels has also delayed its 30 billion euro AI compute hubs again, days before leaders meet in Dublin to project urgency on artificial intelligence.
Four Countries Told to Carry the Migrant Caseload, and Fifteen Warned They Are Next
The Commission's second Annual Migration Management Cycle names Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Spain as under migratory pressure and eligible for the Solidarity Pool, puts fifteen member states at risk, and lists six facing a significant situation that can seek deductions. The 2027 pool's size is not public. The Council decides.
2,800 Troops, 11 Nations, No Americans: Europe Rehearses the Army It Would Send to Ukraine
Britain and France will lead KOALICJA 26.2 from 9 to 22 November, bringing 2,800 troops from 11 countries to Poland, France and Turkey to test how to move, protect and supply the Multinational Force-Ukraine. US troops will not take part. The drills begin the day before US, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet in Abu Dhabi.
Five Capitals Tell Brussels to Hurry Up and Let Britain Back Into the Electricity Market
Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg have written to von der Leyen and Costa urging them to use the 20 November summit to set a path to concluding talks on UK participation in the EU's internal electricity market. The talks will not finish by the summit, and the sticking point is money: London would have to contribute to EU cohesion funds.