von der Leyen (EU)

The European Commission began drawing down its two-year, 90-billion-euro loan to Kyiv on June 25, with a separate first instalment of a six-billion-euro drone-procurement package to follow within days

Leaders agree the 2028–2034 MFF shape, roll Russia sanctions for 12 months, and start Ukraine accession talks

After the June European Council, Berlin rejects the MFF proposal and floats Ukraine 'associate membership'

Every EU member now runs a deficit with Beijing; leaders weigh a 'menu' of trade measures

France hosts a summit that hardens the Russia line and claims a 'deep change' in the US approach, at the cost of consensus theatre

'A deal is a deal', MEPs approve the Turnberry framework while warning it is unbalanced

An Advocate General urges dismissing the Commission's appeal over the secret Pfizer vaccine texts

First-ever hits on shadow-fleet enablers, LNG-tanker resales and a frozen oil price cap

Brussels bans Brazilian meat, poultry and honey from September over growth-promoter use, weeks after Mercosur-EU took provisional effect

Two decades of stalled talks ended on geopolitics as much as commerce; the text is signed only on paper, with formal signature due by end-2026