Ireland set to take presidency of EU in Dublin opening ceremony – Europe live

Ireland’s tasks at helm of bloc include helping navigate talks on fresh Russia sanctions, and Ukraine and Moldova accessionUkraine’s Zelenskyy is expected to land in Dublin shortly before the formal ceremony this afternoon, and will meet with top Irish officials for bilateral talks afterwards.For Ireland, supporting Ukraine would be “an important priority for us during our term”, PM Martin said in a statement quoted by the Irish Times, adding that the leaders would also discuss how to increase pressure on Russia.“Some [member states] who want to spend more, some who want to spend less, quite a significant number who want to protect the common agricultural policy, cohesion funding, and then new areas like competitiveness funding and research, additional money for research funding, which act