Overview

• Politico, citing diplomats, reported the informal gathering produced few concrete agreements.
• Leaders spent about four hours on EU defense—twice the planned time—with little substantive progress reported.
• Several key documents are unlikely to be ready before leaders reconvene in late October, according to the same reporting.
• The talks took place against a backdrop of recent drone and aircraft incidents across Europe, which NATO has attributed to Russia and Moscow has denied.
• European Council President António Costa said the forthcoming roadmap is intended to shape deliberations at the next leaders’ meeting.