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Europe Finally Names Its Team. The Hard Part Starts Monday.
EU leaders agreed in Dublin on Friday that Europe will be represented in Ukraine peace talks by the EU institutions plus France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK, with national security advisers doing the negotiating. It ends a week of open disagreement about who speaks for Europe. It settles very little about what Europe will say.
Europe Has a Seat at the Table Now. It Still Cannot Agree Who Sits In It
Washington told the Europeans on Thursday that they will be in the room for the next round of Ukraine talks. Within hours, the leaders gathered in Dublin had demonstrated why that concession may be worth less than it looks: Estonia wants Costa and Kallas, France and Germany want the E3, and several prime ministers want to go themselves.
The EU Opens a Training Mission Office Inside Ukraine, and Extends the Mission to 2028
The Council extended EUMAM Ukraine until 15 November 2028 with almost €300 million, and for the first time gave the mission a standing representation on Ukrainian territory. The training still happens in Poland and Germany. What changes is who decides the curriculum.
Brussels Builds a Permanent Sanctions Machine, and Adds a Crypto Task Force
The Commission has created its first permanent sanctions office, covering the whole lifecycle from political design to enforcement, plus an informal task force on crypto sanctions. The announcement came as Brussels drafts a 22nd Russia package, after a rouble-pegged stablecoin moved more than $102 billion before sanctions strangled it.
Meloni Tells Brussels It Is 'All Over the Place' on Ukraine and Demands One Voice
In a letter to European Council President Antonio Costa, Giorgia Meloni said overlapping formats from Miami to Oslo are making Europe less credible and asked for EU unity on Ukraine to be added to next week's Dublin agenda. Costa replied that EU interests must be represented by its institutions, but no envoy has been named.
Brussels Puts a Price on Peace: E3, Kyiv and Washington Draft Ukraine's Post-War Economy
The Commission convened Germany, France, the UK, Ukraine, the US, NATO and the World Bank on 4 November to work through scenarios for Ukraine's post-war economy. It is the first time the reconstruction track has been merged with the peace talks, days before Abu Dhabi.