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The European Union is set to reveal its ratings for candidate countries later today, assessing the progress they are making on the path to become the union’s members in the future.

We will hear from the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, and the enlargement commissioner, Marta Kos, early afternoon.

Lots of potential lines to look out for there, as we will get the commission’s assessment of the worsening situation in Georgia, the attempts to reform Ukraine despite the on-going Russian aggression, and their look at the western Balkan countries, including Serbia, which sees continued protests against Aleksandar Vučić’s rule.

A man shouts slogans at pro-government supporters as riot police officers divide pro-government supporters and supporters of Dijana Hrka, mother of Stefan Hrka, one of the victims of the Novi Sad train station accident, as she begins her hunger strike in Belgrade, Serbia. Photograph: Andrej Čukić/EPA

Separately, I will keep an eye on the EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius’s meeting with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte in Brussels on rearming Europe.

There is also more news from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Germany, and others.

Lots for us to go through.

It’s Tuesday, 4 November 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

Good morning.