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Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán rescinds veto after weeks of pressure from fellow leaders
Brussels summit is bloc’s last attempt to secure €50bn funding for Kyiv and prevent irreparable rift
Last-minute offer ahead of leaders’ summit falls short of Hungarian prime minister’s demands
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The EU can stand up for itself and be true to its multilateralist ideals at the same time
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Bloc’s foreign ministers step up pressure on Netanyahu to reverse his resistance to two-state solution
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Assessment follows complaints that some countries are failing to send as many weapons as they could
Hungarian premier wants 2025 review of €50bn support package for Kyiv in exchange for dropping his veto
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Alrosa’s assets in the bloc will be frozen along with those of its chief, who will also be subject to a travel ban
Shortfall in external aid would push a recovering economy back into survival mode, says deputy prime minister
American talk of a ‘dormant Nato’ should be a wake-up call for leaders on the continent
The public in allied countries has been led to expect war to be easier than it is
US discussion paper argues confiscating some of Moscow’s $300bn ‘consistent with international law’
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán vetoes financial aid after allowing bloc to start membership talks with Kyiv
It will be a slow process and European leaders will have their work cut out persuading voters of the merits
Plan to tap profits would need to be backed by all member states before money could be sent to Kyiv
Everything will change for European and Asian democracies if a man bent on dictatorship re-enters the White House
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Comments from leaders Pedro Sánchez and Alexander De Croo at Rafah condemned by foreign minister Eli Cohen
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