Kyiv under pressure as EU slams Trump plan

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61% : Watch. -- EU-Norway Energy Conference in Brussels. -- Joint press conference by European Council President António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of G20 summit (starts Saturday) in Johannesburg at 11:30 a.m.
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57% : Glass half empty: Several critics argued that the EU was repackaging things it has previously done -- send money and hope for the best.
56% : At the Polish Independence Day event hosted by the perm rep in Brussels: ambassadors Andrew Puzder (U.S.), Pieter Jan Kleiweg (the Netherlands), Ioannis Vrailas (Greece), Gregor Schusterschitz (Austria), Irena Andrassy (Croatia), Kyllike Sillaste-Elling (Estonia), Philippe Léglise-Costa (France), Vsevolod Chentsov (Ukraine); European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski; European Commission Deputy Director-General for Environment Patrick Child; Karel Lannoo, CEO of CEPS; Daniel Braun, CEO of GLOBSEC; Vivian Loonela, head of Cabinet for EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, among others.
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53% : ** Talking up a storm: An EU official texted Playbook that there was a "flurry of diplomacy" ongoing as Europeans try to shore up the Ukrainian position and avoid a agreement that's lopsided in Russia's favor.
53% : Behind closed doors: The emphasis on collaboration hints at flexibility on some demands in the plan -- which Ukraine's foreign minister blasted on Thursday during closed-door comments with EU foreign ministers, according to a person aware of his remarks.
53% : " What they pledged: The EU, Germany, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Spain committed an additional €82 million to the Palestinian Authority, bringing the amount pledged this year to €88 million.
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47% : Europe speaks up: Following reports that the 28-point plan would force Kyiv to reduce the size of its army, hand over the entire Donbas and legally recognize territories seized by Moscow's forces, top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas weighed in to say it contained "no concessions from Russia."
47% : But EU lawmakers from the right and left blasted Thursday's conference as ineffectual, Seb Starcevic, Max Griera and Gerardo Fortuna report.
45% : Strike 2: Hana Jalloul, a Socialists and Democrats MEP, said the conference had no chance of making the EU a real player in Gaza -- "but dreaming is free.
45% : Rapid-fire spin: "We don't know how the fire at COP30 started, but we do know who set the climate ablaze: the fossil fuel industry.
45% : In this week's episode of the EU Confidential podcast, host Sarah Wheaton looks at the collapse of the cordon sanitaire in Brussels and around Europe with POLITICO's Tim Ross, Max Griera and Marianne Gros, and Aitor Hernández-Morales analyzes the counter-trend in Denmark, where voters in local elections lurched leftward.
43% : The EU's Palestine Donor Group meeting was billed as an attempt to influence the Gaza peace process and claim a spot on Donald Trump's Board of Peace, which was set up to supervise Hamas' disarmament and Gaza's reconstruction.
36% : Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from holding public office for two years for allegedly leaking details of a tax probe involving the partner of Madrid's regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, a rising star among the country's conservative voters.

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