{
  "id": 14677429,
  "title": "EU leaders clash over trillion-euro budget as fears grow over French election fallout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/eu-leaders-clash-over-trillion-euro-budget-as-fears-grow-over-french",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T10:42:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3371036/eu-leaders-clash-over-trillion-euro-budget-fears-grow-over-french-election-fallout"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "EU leaders locked horns on Thursday over the bloc’s next long-term budget as they kicked off talks in Brussels under pressure to seal a deal before several high-stakes elections next year, most crucially in France. The 27-nation European Union wants an agreement by Christmas, worried that any future deal-making will be derailed by potential Eurosceptic wins across the bloc, including in France…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}