EU leaders have a packed agenda for a one-day summit in Brussels Thursday, including the resurgent coronavirus, tensions with Russia over Ukraine, defense policy, energy prices and more.
New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes his European Council debut at the summit, which is also expected to touch upon Belarus, migration, the eurozone economy and relations with Africa.
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