Daily brief
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas opposed former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder serving as a negotiator with Russia, citing his close ties to the Kremlin.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to move the U.K. closer to the European Union in an effort to save his leadership.
The EU is ready to approve sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to the bloc’s top diplomat, a move denounced by Israel as 'arbitrary and political'.
EU foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the Western Balkans, the war in Iran, and a billion-euro shortfall in the bloc’s peace fund.