Despite an agenda packed with hot-button topics, the summit of EU leaders is not expected to yield any breakthrough.
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00:00The EU leaders are closing the year with a summit that is the first for the new European
00:12Council President Antonio Costa.
00:15High on the agenda is the discussion on Ukraine, with the participation of its President Volodymyr
00:20Zelensky.
00:21But with the return of Donald Trump to the White House and his promise to end the conflict
00:41in 24 hours, the EU wonders if Washington will still be one of their main allies, including
00:47in Ukraine.
01:00The situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime is the other hot topic, and especially
01:07what the EU position will be regarding the millions of Syrian refugees that live in the
01:11continent since 2011.
01:36A full agenda for the EU leaders, but the possibility of concrete proposals is low.