EU leaders formalised a broadened negotiating team for Ukraine peace talks, adding Italy and Poland to the E3 format and excluding Kaja Kallas from the envoy role she sought. The decision, taken at a Dublin summit, leaves EU institutions and the E5 Coalition of the Willing to represent the bloc, while discussions continue among national security advisers. Responses highlighted tensions between candidate envoy roles and the practicalities of interstate diplomacy, with mixed signals from Ursula von der Leyen and Costa.