The key facts

  • EU leaders opened a two-day summit on energy prices, the seven-year budget, support for Ukraine and relations with the US
  • Kaja Kallas gave an exclusive interview to Euronews about the summit and Ukraine
  • Austria proposed candidate countries' access to the Single Market as reforms progress; the EU committed to provide Jordan with around €3 billion by 2027

EU summit opens in Brussels

A two-day summit of EU leaders has begun at the European Council. As Euronews correspondent Shona Murray reports, the agenda includes energy prices, the union's next seven-year budget, support for Ukraine, as well as deteriorating relations between the US and Europe.

Exclusive with Kaja Kallas

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas gave an exclusive interview to Euronews Europe editor Maria Tadeo, in which she spoke about the summit and Ukraine.

Austria's enlargement proposal

Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger explained to Euronews why the EU enlargement process is moving slowly and presented her proposal: to grant candidate countries access to the Single Market as they complete reforms.

Jordan and Brussels

Jordan's Minister of Investment Tareq Abu Ghazaleh spoke about what Jordan expects from Brussels beyond the EU's commitment to provide around €3 billion by 2027, and discussed whether the country could become a regional hub amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.