Candidate countries to join the European Union showed optimism at the Euronews Enlargement Summit in Brussels on Tuesday, as new progress reports signaled movement towards membership. Montenegro, Albania and Moldova all aim to join the bloc over the next five years.

European Union member states clinched a preliminary deal to reduce emissions by 90% through 2040 compared with 1990 levels, a move that bolsters the bloc’s climate leadership credentials ahead of the COP30 summit.

The European Union is attempting to forge new climate goals on Tuesday before the U.N. climate talks in Brazil starting next week. Ministers from across the 27-nation bloc are meeting in Brussels to try and get at least 15 to align their nationally-determined emissions targets in order to have a stronger negotiating position during the COP30 summit in Belém.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised Ukraine’s commitment to its accession to the European Union at Euronews' Enlargement Summit on Tuesday. View on euronews

European Union climate ministers meet in Brussels in a final push to agree on new emissions targets. Ministers are under pressure to finalise a 2035 emissions target, which all signatories to the Paris Agreement are required to submit.

The European Union has dropped plans for another one-year delay to its anti-deforestation law, instead proposing a six-month grace period before enforcement begins. The proposal also introduces simplification measures and exemptions that favor EU nation states,

Discover why seven EU countries maintain their national currencies for financial independence, despite the benefits of joining the Eurozone.

Refusal to scan fingerprints or take a facial image may serve as grounds for denial of entry to a European Union country under the new Entry/Exit System (EES). — Ukrinform.