Editions
Every weekday edition, newest first. Each row is the day's news read against the living vision. The vision text changes only on a day that revises it. The horizon is ten years after that day's date.
- What changed VISION REVISED — France's worst unrest in years and Marine Le Pen's widening poll lead show the vision was too thin on member-state politics, so it now pictures sovereigntist governments bargaining hard inside the Union; final summit text keeps Ukraine's accession untimed, leaders regret the US diesel waiver, and UK talks do not move the picture. VISION REVISED: France's unrest and Le Pen's lead bring the home front into the ten-year picture
- What changed Final Day-1 conclusions drop end-year and ASAP language on Montenegro, Ukraine's ASAP draft cut still awaits Day-2 text, MFF talks stay soft-timed, the energy ceasefire collapses into a US–Ukraine fight, and the vision is unchanged. Leaders soften Montenegro timelines as Zelensky faces a deeper Atlantic quarrel
- What changed The Commission sends €2.86 billion for drones and air defence, Hungary and Bulgaria trim the accession wording in draft summit conclusions, Starlink limits strain the Atlantic link, and the vision is unchanged. EU pays Ukraine €2.86 billion for air defence as leaders meet on a softer draft
- What changed The Council lifts budget curbs on Hungary after reforms, Montenegro and Albania close more chapters, a reported US–European peace plan stays unconfirmed, and the vision is unchanged. Hungary gets frozen funds back as Montenegro nears the end of its talks
- What changed Clusters 2 and 3 open for Ukraine and Moldova after Kyiv's minority-school law, Europe adopts its largest Russia listings package, and the vision is unchanged. Ukraine and Moldova open two more accession clusters as EU expands Russia listings
- What changed The Irish draft budget cuts new priorities harder than farms and regions, and a narrow hybrid deal with China fits selective de-risking; the vision is unchanged. Budget draft spares farms and regions as China agrees hybrid curbs
- What changed A smaller draft budget that spares farms and regions, and a US probe of the carbon border tax, strengthen paths the vision already names; the vision is unchanged. Beijing holds firm on hybrids as budget cuts loom
- What changed A Hungarian step back on Ukraine talks and a record sanctions list strengthen paths the vision already names; the vision is unchanged. Hungary steps back on Ukraine as China says no on hybrids
- What changed New enlargement safeguards and a harder budget fight strengthen paths the vision already names; the ten-year text is unchanged. Enlargement package lands as the budget fight sharpens
- What changed Weekday news strengthens the staged-enlargement and selective de-risking lines already in the vision; the ten-year text is unchanged. Trade tools and enlargement steps deepen known paths
- What changed Weekday news strengthens the migration-deal and budget-fight lines already in the vision; the ten-year text is unchanged. Return centres and cohesion fight deepen known paths
- What changed Commission draft for a larger Union strengthens the non-treaty path on voting and accession safeguards; delivery by capitals still open. Enlargement architecture draft
- What changed Opening baseline for 2036, published before the first weekday news cycle. Opening vision