EU Summit: Energy and budget deadlock as North-South camps clash

At the Brussels EU summit, energy policy is the main sticking point among the 27 member states, while Politico reports that no agreement on the next multi-year budget is expected before year-end. Northern states push for deeper cuts, while 'friends of cohesion' led by Greece resist reductions to critical EU policies. The outcome will shape EU fiscal and energy direction, but details remain unresolved.