The EU summit in Brussels ended without a breakthrough on the long-term budget as security and energy costs mounted. The Commission proposed nearly 2 trillion euros for 2028-2034, while the Irish presidency's compromise, which cuts about 141 billion euros, has drawn resistance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the war would cost Ukraine 155 billion euros in 2027 and requested at least 70 billion euros more, after the EU agreed a 90-billion-euro loan for 2026-2027. The Middle East conflict added 106 billion euros to the EU's fossil fuel import bill, and while Italy, Greece and the Visegrad countries pushed to delay ETS2 until 2030, the summit ended without agreement and requested a reassessment.
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Original headline: EU summit ends with mounting bills , unresolved divisions -- China Economic Net
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