EU leaders face off over the budget
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EU leaders meet today in Brussels for their first face-to-face debate on the bloc's next long-term budget, with an agreement by December looking increasingly unlikely, Politico's Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton report on the Brussels Playbook podcast. Sheftalovich also obtained a document revealing deepening relations between Russia and Slovakia, a potential source of tension at the Council table. Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said Europe should boost defence capabilities and rely less on US military support, and ECB President Christine Lagarde promoted her upcoming memoir at a press conference.
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