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After more than 12 hours, EU leaders have wrapped up another European Council. It yielded few concrete decisions. Here's how the summit went down: politico.eu/article/make-o…

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán lambasted the European Commission amid the European Council summit in Brussels: "they would like to have a change in Hungary of the government."

Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU will provide a €90 billion tranche of funds to Ukraine by any means necessary despite Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s veto. Live: #id_1322285" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

Viktor Orbán verstößt mit seinem Veto gegen den 90 Milliarden Ukraine-Kredit „gegen eines Grundprinzipien unserer Zusammenarbeit“, kritisiert Friedrich Merz beim EU-Gipfel scharf. „Dies ist ein grober Verstoß gegen die Loyalität … und beschädigt das Ansehen der EU als Ganzes.“

The vibe at today’s European Council was at times unfriendly. That’s how Dutch PM Rob Jetten described it 👇 Follow live: #id_1322255" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has faced “very, very harsh” criticism at the European Council, Sweden’s PM Ulf Kristersson said. It’s a level of condemnation he says he has never heard at an EU summit before. Follow our live blog: #id_1322213" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said today there are “reasonable grounds” to believe both sides in the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran may have committed war crimes, as attacks and retaliatory strikes on energy facilities intensify. politico.eu/article/un-chi…

Cyprus’ Nikos Christodoulides and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis have asked the EU to consider drafting a roadmap to enact the bloc’s mutual defence clause, according to two EU diplomats and one senior European government official. Live: #id_1322207" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has warned EU leaders that Iranian attacks on two major gas fields in Qatar yesterday are “serious” for gas-dependent Italy. Latest European Council summit updates: #id_1322186" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

Kaja Kallas has warned EU leaders at today’s summit that European involvement in Donald Trump’s war with Iran could turn messy 👇 Live: #id_1322159" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/make-o…

EXCLUSIVE: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has said she supports Ukraine receiving its €90 billion immediately. She also sees where Hungary is coming from in blocking the EU’s loan to Kyiv. 🔗 politico.eu/article/italy-…

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is on track to win reelection as mayor of Le Havre, according to polling shared exclusively with POLITICO. politico.eu/article/france…

Norway should reapply to become a member of the European Union in light of their shared security challenges — namely Russia — the leader of the country's conservative opposition party told POLITICO today. politico.eu/article/norway…

Britain will reduce its aid sent to Africa by more than half, as the government unveils the impact of steep cuts to development assistance for countries across the world. politico.eu/article/uk-for…

The EU’s top diplomat warned leaders at a summit today that the bloc could easily become entangled in a toxic conflict in the Middle East that could be difficult to extricate itself from. politico.eu/article/kaja-k…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni broke ranks with much of the EU by speaking sympathetically about Hungary’s Viktor Orbán over his stance on Ukraine during a private session of today's European summit. politico.eu/article/italy-…

In London Playbook PM: 🏥 The Covid inquiry paints a damning picture of health cuts. 🌎 Keir Starmer talks war as the Middle East crisis deepens. 🔒 The Tories changed the locks on the office of a Reform defector. Dig in 👇 politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

EU efforts to ban Huawei from 5G networks have won the backing of a top court advisor, in a legal opinion that is likely to galvanize security hawks seeking to restrict Chinese tech in Europe. politico.eu/article/eu-hua…

Europe's insistence that it isn't facing an energy supply crisis took a blow today when Qatar warned it would have to scrap contracts with Italy and Belgium following a massive Iranian attack. politico.eu/article/italy-…

A vast cache of messages between ministers and Britain’s sacked U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson is unlikely to be published until at least mid-April. It means PM Keir Starmer may have one more headache to deal with in the run-up to the May 7 elections. politico.eu/article/uk-kei…