AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 minutes agoEU Budget Talks: The EU Council agreed its negotiating position for the 2027 draft budget, setting €191.88bn in commitments and €202.07bn in payments, with margins to handle shocks. Bulgaria Economy & Skills: Eurostat shows Bulgaria hit the second-largest industrial output drop in the EU in May (-4.7% y/y) and ranked last for young people with basic digital skills (52.9%). EU Court & Tech Rules: OpenAI lost its bid to trademark “OpenAI” at the EU’s top court; separately, Google fights a €1.49bn AdSense antitrust fine and faces fresh DMA penalties. Ukraine Defence Push: Von der Leyen announced a new €1bn drone payment under the Ukraine loan as the EU and Ukraine sign a wider drone deal to scale production. Migration Funding: EU governments agreed a negotiating mandate for 2028-2034 asylum, border and internal security funding rules. UK-EU Border Reset: Gibraltar-Spain checkpoints and the border fence were dismantled after the UK-EU treaty took effect, ending frontier controls. Trade Diplomacy: The EU asked the US for tariff exemptions on items including wine and cheese. Sports Politics: The IOC defended lifting the Russian Olympic Committee suspension after EU countries urged funding cuts.
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