European Union leaders are preparing for a summit covering China, Ukraine and the bloc’s next long-term budget, with spending negotiations expected to expose divisions between net contributors and net recipients.

The budget discussions concern the seven-year period from 2028 to 2034. They will precede a special summit scheduled for November to seek agreement, making the forthcoming talks part of a wider negotiation over the bloc’s financial plans.

The central budget divide is between members that contribute more than they receive and those that receive more than they contribute. That distinction is expected to shape a contentious debate over the next spending framework. The supplied material does not specify proposed allocations or the overall size of the budget.

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China and Ukraine are also on the summit agenda. However, the available excerpt gives no details of proposals concerning Chinese competition or support for Ukraine, nor does it identify positions taken by individual leaders on those issues.

Editorial note: The supplied source is a short, incomplete excerpt. It identifies the main summit topics and the budget timetable but does not provide detailed proposals or individual leaders’ positions. Further source material would be needed for a fuller account of the planned discussions.