AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoECB Succession: Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank on 7 February, nine months before her term ends, giving EU leaders time to choose a successor before France’s election. The ECB held rates steady as rising energy costs threaten inflation and growth. Canada-EU Ties: Ursula von der Leyen revived her proposal for Canada to become an “associate member,” but EU capitals kept the label out of the summit declaration. Leaders instead agreed to pursue a closer partnership on AI, energy, climate and security, with more work planned for next year. Ukraine: After a Russian drone strike killed 13 people at Dnipro railway station, Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the EU and its partners to impose tougher sanctions on Moscow. Poland: Opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński floated EU withdrawal talks as leverage to force changes to the bloc; Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused him of advocating Polexit. Social Media Rules: Brussels has paused overlapping national age-limit laws for a year while it pursues a single EU-wide approach to children’s access to social media.
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