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Brussels Prepares to Hand Hungary €10 Billion Before the Recovery Fund Closes
The Commission is expected to complete its assessment of Hungary's outstanding reform commitments before the end of November and approve almost all of Budapest's €10.4 billion recovery allocation: €6.51 billion in grants and up to €3.49 billion in loans. It would be the largest single release of EU money to Hungary since Viktor Orbán left office.
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.
Merz Ties the EU's Next Seven-Year Budget to Ukraine, and Picks a Fight With Half the Council
The German chancellor has written to António Costa asking him to put Ukraine's 2027 financing gap on the agenda of an informal summit that was supposed to be about artificial intelligence. His argument: no collective commitment on the €45 billion, no agreement on the 2028-2034 budget. Four member states are already signalling they will not pay.
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.
Six Dead in Kraków: A Gunman, a Far-Right Ideology and a Square Full of Tourists
A 25-year-old Polish man drove into Kraków's main market square on Saturday afternoon and opened fire with an automatic weapon, killing six people including a British citizen and wounding 16. Three more bodies, likely family members, were found at his home. The interior minister says he held 'ultra-nationalistic' views. Poland begins two days of mourning.
Kallas Tells Washington What Brussels Has Never Said Out Loud: 'We Will Not Implement It'
Speaking in Warsaw alongside the Polish and Ukrainian foreign ministers, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU will not implement any security agreement negotiated without it, that Putin has no veto over European security, and that concessions must fall on the aggressor. Washington is preparing a broader European security framework ahead of next week's Abu Dhabi talks.
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.
Tomorrow's EU Agenda: Warsaw Outreach and Digital Governance — 06/11/2026
As President Metsola visits Warsaw to strengthen ties, diplomats in Brussels tackle digital labelling reforms and internal parliamentary procedures.