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Budget, Ukraine, migration: Five takeaways from the EU leaders’ summit

EU leaders ended their Brussels summit with no deal on the budget, a new €70bn Ukraine funding gap, open clashes over energy and migration, but fresh resolve to create new trade defence tools to battle China.

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00:01EU leaders wrapped up a two-day summit on Friday discussing matters on energy,
00:06the long-term budget, migration, China and Ukraine.
00:10Leaders were no closer to reaching a compromise on the EU budget,
00:14as disputes between cutting and increasing spending remain,
00:18with hopes fading a deal will be reached by the end of the year.
00:22The bitter row between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
00:25and U.S. President Donald Trump dominated the second day of the summit.
00:30Leaders closed ranks behind Zelensky and promised to keep sanctions in place
00:34and condemned the diesel deal struck by Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
00:40Meanwhile, migration proved once again among the most contentious issues,
00:44as Spain and Italy continue to work out disputes borne out of the Ceuta crisis.
00:51On China, leaders discussed so-called macroeconomic imbalances.
00:55They pressed the Commission to prepare a toolbox of new trade defense instruments
01:00to shield European industries from Chinese competition.
01:04Lastly, the interminable discussion on energy ended with some leaders pushing the Commission
01:09to propose new measures to curb prices,
01:11while others warned that such measures should not curb investment and sustainability.
01:15reform campaign positive and provisions against the ability of the members' bulkhead
01:18Peter Salman Wittman Wittman Wittman Wittman Wittman Wittman Wittman wants to push the
01:18sooner rather than movement towards Tuscar Citizen Institute of Soccer Area.
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