# EU budget showdown: Is a breakthrough possible?

An episode of [The Briefing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/474763180), 15 Oct 2026, 36 min.

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EU leaders gather in Brussels, hoping to find a way forward for the bloc’s next budget. Is there room for manoeuvre? Plus: Giorgia Meloni criticises Donald Trump’s Russia diesel deal and Frieze London opens to the public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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