{"id":2045378,"date":"2026-07-15T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045378"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:30:56","slug":"newsletter-tide-turning-for-ukraine-von-der-leyen-says-in-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045378","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: \u2018Tide turning\u2019 for Ukraine, von der Leyen says in Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/79\/55\/1200x675_cmsv2_fbdfa783-35b5-5f9c-a3aa-8637652026ac-9837955.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2910167-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910167\" data-cid=\"9839520\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910167-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/95\/20\/189x106_cmsv2_daac8c55-6da3-539e-8b24-dfa4b11777ae-9839520.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ukraine&apos;s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine\u2019s popular Defence Minister Fedorov\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910067-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2910067\" data-cid=\"9839017\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910067-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/90\/17\/189x106_cmsv2_f930dcb9-5ada-535b-93a1-89ad6b8efffe-9839017.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Annie Woods harvests eightball, a type of zucchini, as the sun sets Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at her farm in Brooksville, Ky.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Earth News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    How scientists forecast heatwaves\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910055-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2910055\" data-cid=\"9838957\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910055-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/57\/189x106_cmsv2_235ca17a-f8e1-5cd9-a33e-774ae9bc8d1d-9838957.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MEPs Markus Ferber (EPP) and Pasquale Tridico (The Left) in The Ring\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    The Ring<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Can common debt fix Europe\u2019s growth problem? 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All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Thomas Padilla\/Copyright 2026 The AP. 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In today\u2019s newsletter: the view on the ground in Ukraine as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits, and a new EU-UK pact marks a \u201cnew era\u201d for Gibraltar.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p><strong>La Roja rises again:<\/strong> But first, Spain has knocked favourites France out of the FIFA World Cup with a convincing 2-0 victory in Dallas, Texas last night. The Spanish side will now face either Argentina or England in the final on Sunday. If you missed it, <strong>Christina Thykjaer<\/strong> has this <strong>post-match review<\/strong> from Madrid.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Just in:<\/strong> Cyprus\u2019 EU affairs minister <strong>Marilena Raouna<\/strong> has just weighed in on the dispute over the EU\u2019s naming of Raffaele Fitto as special representative for Cyprus, an appointment which has been rejected by the Turkish Cypriot administration in the occupied north. \u201cReunifying the last divided member state of the EU will not only be transformative for Cyprus, it will also be transformative for the region of the eastern Mediterranean, sending a resounding message for peace and stability when we desperately need it,\u201d she just told Europe Today. <strong>Watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018The tide is turning\u2019:<\/strong> Meanwhile, <strong>Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> has arrived in Kyiv to meet with <strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>, my colleague <strong>Jorge Liboreiro<\/strong>, who\u2019s travelling with the European Commission president, writes in to report. <\/p>\n<p>The situation has drastically changed since von der Leyen\u2019s last visit in late February. Back then, the situation was truly bleak. Ukraine was going through a horrific winter of widespread blackouts caused by Russian attacks. The EU\u2019s \u20ac90 billion support loan was firmly blocked by Hungary, and Ukraine\u2019s accession was completely paralysed, with no solution in sight. <\/p>\n<p>Things look vastly different today. Ukraine is launching long-range strikes against Russia\u2019s oil refineries, triggering a painful fuel crisis that\u2019s turning the heat on the war economy. The \u20ac90 billion loan is up and running, and the accession process is gaining traction. Just yesterday, Kyiv opened another cluster of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine has built a strong military momentum. The tide is turning,&#8221; von der Leyen said upon arrival. \u201cThe EU is fully playing its part, with our \u20ac90 billion loan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Discussions between the Commission chief and Zelenskyy will have a heavy focus on drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles that dominate the battle in the skies. Zelenskyy has for weeks teased an imminent \u201cdrone deal\u201d between Ukraine and the EU, details of which are expected to be revealed on Wednesday. We hear that a key novelty will be the possibility of building and storing drones inside EU territory to then transfer them to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The two leaders will sell it as a win-win<\/strong>: Ukraine will benefit from Europe\u2019s industrial scale, and Europe will tap into Ukraine\u2019s technological ingenuity. <\/p>\n<p>While in Kyiv, von der Leyen will also receive the newly created Order of Europe from Zelenskyy. The award recognises those who work to defend Ukraine\u2019s right as a sovereign nation and advance its path to EU membership. <\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out on any comments about enlargement as the Commission prepares reforms to make sure the new wave of member states becomes a reality. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ukraine wartime reshuffle<\/strong>: The visit also comes as Ukraine\u2019s government reshuffle sees Prime Minister <strong>Yulia Svyrydenko<\/strong> removed after just a year in post, <strong>dissolving her cabinet<\/strong> and setting off a fresh search for a replacement, my colleague <strong>Sasha Vakulina<\/strong> reports. The most politically sensitive decision now is whether Defence Minister <strong>Mykhailo Fedorov<\/strong> is left in place or is also let go barely six months into his tenure. <\/p>\n<p>The prospect of Fedorov\u2019s removal is already drawing critical reactions. Despite not being a very public figure, Fedorov is widely praised within the military and among civil society for his reform\u2011minded, low\u2011profile management style. Questions are being raised about who could credibly replace him at a moment when Ukrainian forces have intensified their successful campaign to isolate Crimea from Russian control and ground lines of communication. Ukrainian troops have <strong>hit more than 100 Russian vessels<\/strong> in the Sea of Azov in eight days, opening up a new front in the campaign to choke Moscow\u2019s logistics in the Ukrainian peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, in Brussels<\/strong>: ambassadors will meet again this morning for yet another attempt to agree on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, pushing the talks to the very wire before the oil price cap is automatically revised upward. Zelenskyy has warned that \u201cevery day of delay in sanctions decisions\u201d gives Moscow more time to prepare for deadly airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gibraltar border fence to disappear<\/strong>: An <strong>agreement<\/strong> between the EU and UK on Gibraltar, signed in Brussels on Tuesday, paves the way for the border fence that has separated Gibraltar from Spain for more than a hundred years to be demolished, and border checks that have become a regular feature of citizens\u2019 lives to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>The arrangements for the British Overseas Territory became uncertain after Brexit, which a staggering 96% of Gibraltar\u2019s population voted against. Negotiations between the EU, the UK, Gibraltar and Spain finally yielded results in April with a new pact that governs the movement of people and goods. That agreement enters into force provisionally today, pending final approval by the European and UK parliaments.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Tuesday, Spain\u2019s Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares said the deal opens \u201ca new period in the bilateral relationship between Spain and the United Kingdom\u201d and provides the \u201clast missing peace\u201d to close Brexit \u2013 adding that it also paves the way towards a new era in EU-UK relations.<\/p>\n<p>But he also added that the pact doesn\u2019t change Spain\u2019s claim to sovereignty over Gibraltar \u201ca single bit\u201d. \u201cWe guarantee and protect our claim to sovereignty (over Gibraltar),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Gibraltar\u2019s Chief Minister Fabi\u00e1n Picardo instead called for the focus to be on \u201call of the other issues that we agree on\u201d, saying the new agreement will benefit citizens and ensure that \u201cwhere there was a fence, there is now fluidity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taliban talks<\/strong>: My colleague Vincenzo Genovese also reports that European Commissioner for Home Affairs <strong>Magnus Brunner<\/strong> privately revealed details of a visit by a Taliban delegation to Brussels last month. In a closed-door meeting with EU lawmakers, Brunner revealed that Commission officials met the Taliban representatives in the area of Zaventem, close to Brussels airport, and that the Taliban had asked for the reopening of consular services in Europe in return for accepting irregular Afghan migrants. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hungary risks missing early Erasmus+ return despite EU promises<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hungary is running out of time to secure its students&#8217; participation in the EU&#8217;s Erasmus+ exchange programme, despite earlier assurances from Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that the process would be completed on schedule, our correspondent <strong>Sandor Zsiros<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Following Magyar&#8217;s election victory in April, both the new Hungarian government and the Commission signalled their willingness to readmit Hungarian students to the scheme from the start of the next academic year in September. But without immediate administrative action from Budapest, the Commission will not be able to lift the suspension in time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As early as the next academic year \u2013 good news \u2013 Hungarian students can also be part of the Erasmus community again,&#8221; von der Leyen said in May, when striking a political deal with Magyar to unblock \u20ac16.4 billion in previously frozen EU funds for Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>A large share of Hungarian universities was excluded from the programme in 2022 after Brussels suspended funding for 21 institutions run by government-linked public interest trusts, citing rule-of-law and transparency concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read Sandor\u2019s full story.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More from our newsrooms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Spanish PM&#8217;s brother banned from public office for nine years for misconduct.<\/strong> David S\u00e1nchez, a composer and orchestra director whose career has included training and stops in Saint Petersburg, Toulouse, Tokyo and Madrid, was tried with 10 other defendants. Cristian Caraballo and Gavin Blackburn have the <strong>details<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Euronews explains: can Hungary&#8217;s PM Magyar really remove president Sulyok from office?<\/strong> Hungary&#8217;s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to remove President Tam\u00e1s Sulyok from office, with Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar accusing him of being Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s puppet. But he refuses to resign and argues the move is unconstitutional. What happens next? Our correspondent S\u00e1ndor Zsiros <strong>explains<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>National sovereignty equals &#8216;sending gifts to US and China&#8217;, former Italian PM Letta tells Euronews.<\/strong> The former Italian prime minister tells Euronews that, to be able to compete with Washington and Beijing, the EU must keep a united front, adding that &#8220;the true battle is for European sovereignty&#8221;. <strong>Watch<\/strong> the full interview. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Several reported dead after fire in lift shaft of Brussels construction site.<\/strong> Local media reports say firefighters initially brought the blaze under control, but flames spread into a lift shaft, sparking a second fire and trapping people inside. Simon Ormiston and Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom have <strong>more<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>We&#8217;re also keeping an eye on<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>EU-India trade and technology council takes place in Brussels<\/li>\n<li>NATO deputy secretary-general to brief MEPs on the Ankara summit at 14.30.<\/li>\n<li>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas travels to Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<li>European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera attends the EU Day for Victims of the Global Climate Crisis Monument Commemoration in Brussels at 18.30.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>That\u2019s it for today. 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(Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA v\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US resumes daylight strikes on Iran as tensions escalate over Hormuz<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909972-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909972\" data-cid=\"9838472\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2909972-label-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/84\/72\/320x180_cmsv2_7cd58fb5-2f8e-5dd0-9417-9ae8b6f0d562-9838472.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Von der Leyen and Zelenskyy sign EU-Ukraine drone deal<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909899-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909899\" data-cid=\"9838136\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iran attacks US bases as Trump threatens power plant hits<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909694-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909694\" data-cid=\"9837077\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Where is the EU&#8217;s population growing the most?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909792-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909792\" data-cid=\"9837579\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Europe&#8217;s corporate debt ranking: Which countries borrow the most?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909972-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909972\" data-cid=\"9838472\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Von der Leyen and Zelenskyy sign EU-Ukraine drone deal<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909982-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909982\" data-cid=\"9838532\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    EU excludes military-age Ukrainian men from temporary protection<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">La Roja rises again: But first, Spain has knocked favourites France out of the FIFA World Cup with a convincing 2-0 victory in Dallas, Texas last night. The Spanish side will now face either Argentina or England in the final on Sunday. If you missed it, Christina Thykjaer has this post-match review from Madrid.Just in: Cyprus\u2019 EU affairs minister Marilena Raouna has just weighed in on the dispute over the EU\u2019s naming of Raffaele Fitto as special representative for Cyprus, an appointment which has been rejected by the Turkish Cypriot administration in the occupied north. \u201cReunifying the last divided member state of the EU will not only be transformative for Cyprus, it will also be transformative for the region of the eastern Mediterranean, sending a resounding message for peace and stability when we desperately need it,\u201d she just told Europe Today. Watch.\u2018The tide is turning\u2019: Meanwhile, Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kyiv to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, my colleague Jorge Liboreiro, who\u2019s travelling with the European Commission president, writes in to report.\u00a0The situation has drastically changed since von der Leyen\u2019s last visit in late February. Back then, the situation was truly bleak. Ukraine was going through a horrific winter of widespread blackouts caused by Russian attacks. The EU\u2019s \u20ac90 billion support loan was firmly blocked by Hungary, and Ukraine\u2019s accession was completely paralysed, with no solution in sight.\u00a0Things look vastly different today. Ukraine is launching long-range strikes against Russia\u2019s oil refineries, triggering a painful fuel crisis that\u2019s turning the heat on the war economy. The \u20ac90 billion loan is up and running, and the accession process is gaining traction. Just yesterday, Kyiv opened another cluster of negotiations.\u201cUkraine has built a strong military momentum. The tide is turning,&#8221; von der Leyen said upon arrival. \u201cThe EU is fully playing its part, with our \u20ac90 billion loan.\u201d\u00a0Discussions between the Commission chief and Zelenskyy will have a heavy focus on drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles that dominate the battle in the skies. Zelenskyy has for weeks teased an imminent \u201cdrone deal\u201d between Ukraine and the EU, details of which are expected to be revealed on Wednesday. We hear that a key novelty will be the possibility of building and storing drones inside EU territory to then transfer them to Ukraine.The two leaders will sell it as a win-win: Ukraine will benefit from Europe\u2019s industrial scale, and Europe will tap into Ukraine\u2019s technological ingenuity.\u00a0While in Kyiv, von der Leyen will also receive the newly created Order of Europe from Zelenskyy. The award recognises those who work to defend Ukraine\u2019s right as a sovereign nation and advance its path to EU membership.\u00a0Keep an eye out on any comments about enlargement as the Commission prepares reforms to make sure the new wave of member states becomes a reality.\u00a0Ukraine wartime reshuffle: The visit also comes as Ukraine\u2019s government reshuffle sees Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko removed after just a year in post, dissolving her cabinet and setting off a fresh search for a replacement, my colleague Sasha Vakulina reports. The most politically sensitive decision now is whether Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is left in place or is also let go barely six months into his tenure.\u00a0\u00a0The prospect of Fedorov\u2019s removal is already drawing critical reactions. Despite not being a very public figure, Fedorov is widely praised within the military and among civil society for his reform\u2011minded, low\u2011profile management style. Questions are being raised about who could credibly replace him at a moment when Ukrainian forces have intensified their successful campaign to isolate Crimea from Russian control and ground lines of communication. Ukrainian troops have hit more than 100 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov in eight days, opening up a new front in the campaign to choke Moscow\u2019s logistics in the Ukrainian peninsula.Meanwhile, in Brussels: ambassadors will meet again this morning for yet another attempt to agree on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, pushing the talks to the very wire before the oil price cap is automatically revised upward. Zelenskyy has warned that \u201cevery day of delay in sanctions decisions\u201d gives Moscow more time to prepare for deadly airstrikes.Gibraltar border fence to disappear: An agreement between the EU and UK on Gibraltar, signed in Brussels on Tuesday, paves the way for the border fence that has separated Gibraltar from Spain for more than a hundred years to be demolished, and border checks that have become a regular feature of citizens\u2019 lives to be removed.The arrangements for the British Overseas Territory became uncertain after Brexit, which a staggering 96% of Gibraltar\u2019s population voted against. Negotiations between the EU, the UK, Gibraltar and Spain finally yielded results in April with a new pact that governs the movement of people and goods. That agreement enters into force provisionally today, pending final approval by the European and UK parliaments.Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Tuesday, Spain\u2019s Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares said the deal opens \u201ca new period in the bilateral relationship between Spain and the United Kingdom\u201d and provides the \u201clast missing peace\u201d to close Brexit \u2013 adding that it also paves the way towards a new era in EU-UK relations.But he also added that the pact doesn\u2019t change Spain\u2019s claim to sovereignty over Gibraltar \u201ca single bit\u201d. \u201cWe guarantee and protect our claim to sovereignty (over Gibraltar),\u201d he said.In response, Gibraltar\u2019s Chief Minister Fabi\u00e1n Picardo instead called for the focus to be on \u201call of the other issues that we agree on\u201d, saying the new agreement will benefit citizens and ensure that \u201cwhere there was a fence, there is now fluidity\u201d.Taliban talks: My colleague Vincenzo Genovese also reports that European Commissioner for Home Affairs Magnus Brunner privately revealed details of a visit by a Taliban delegation to Brussels last month. In a closed-door meeting with EU lawmakers, Brunner revealed that Commission officials met the Taliban representatives in the area of Zaventem, close to Brussels airport, and that the Taliban had asked for the reopening of consular services in Europe in return for accepting irregular Afghan migrants.\u00a0Hungary risks missing early Erasmus+ return despite EU promisesHungary is running out of time to secure its students&#8217; participation in the EU&#8217;s Erasmus+ exchange programme, despite earlier assurances from Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that the process would be completed on schedule, our correspondent Sandor Zsiros reports.Following Magyar&#8217;s election victory in April, both the new Hungarian government and the Commission signalled their willingness to readmit Hungarian students to the scheme from the start of the next academic year in September. But without immediate administrative action from Budapest, the Commission will not be able to lift the suspension in time.&#8221;As early as the next academic year \u2013 good news \u2013 Hungarian students can also be part of the Erasmus community again,&#8221; von der Leyen said in May, when striking a political deal with Magyar to unblock \u20ac16.4 billion in previously frozen EU funds for Hungary.A large share of Hungarian universities was excluded from the programme in 2022 after Brussels suspended funding for 21 institutions run by government-linked public interest trusts, citing rule-of-law and transparency concerns.Read Sandor\u2019s full story.More from our newsroomsSpanish PM&#8217;s brother banned from public office for nine years for misconduct. David S\u00e1nchez, a composer and orchestra director whose career has included training and stops in Saint Petersburg, Toulouse, Tokyo and Madrid, was tried with 10 other defendants. Cristian Caraballo and Gavin Blackburn have the details.\u00a0Euronews explains: can Hungary&#8217;s PM Magyar really remove president Sulyok from office? Hungary&#8217;s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to remove President Tam\u00e1s Sulyok from office, with Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar accusing him of being Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s puppet. But he refuses to resign and argues the move is unconstitutional. What happens next? Our correspondent S\u00e1ndor Zsiros explains.National sovereignty equals &#8216;sending gifts to US and China&#8217;, former Italian PM Letta tells Euronews. The former Italian prime minister tells Euronews that, to be able to compete with Washington and Beijing, the EU must keep a united front, adding that &#8220;the true battle is for European sovereignty&#8221;. Watch the full interview.Several reported dead after fire in lift shaft of Brussels construction site. Local media reports say firefighters initially brought the blaze under control, but flames spread into a lift shaft, sparking a second fire and trapping people inside.\u00a0 Simon Ormiston and Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom have more.We&#8217;re also keeping an eye onEU-India trade and technology council takes place in BrusselsNATO deputy secretary-general to brief MEPs on the Ankara summit at 14.30.EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas travels to Ethiopia.\u00a0European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera attends the EU Day for Victims of the Global Climate Crisis Monument Commemoration in Brussels at 18.30.That\u2019s it for today. 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