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Europe Strives for Unity Amid Renewed Russian Aggression

Maia Sandu, left, Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron, right, in Copenhagen, on Oct. 2.Photographer: Ludovic Marin/Getty Images

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By Suzanne Lynch

October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC

Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg’s Brussels bureau chief, bringing you the latest from the EU each weekday. Make sure you're signed up.

Greetings from Day 2 of the leaders’ summit in Copenhagen, where the EU has been joined by heads of state from across Europe, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The European Political Community, as the gathering is known, was conceived by President Emmanuel Macron as a forum for non-EU and EU countries to get together and discuss shared challenges. First convened in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its power is as much symbolic as yielding concrete deliverables, but its focus is still very much on Ukraine.