Ukraine and defence overshadowed the main topics on the agenda of the leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday with Hungary once again refusing to endorse a joint text on continuing military support to the war-torn country.
Leaders were primarily meant to discuss the bloc's competitiveness issues and how to remedy them and start discussions on the next multi-annual budget but those topics were eclipsed by the latest developments in the Ukraine war and the proposals by the Commission to give member states the means to significantly boost defence spending.
