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Kalimera. Good morning from Nicassia. It's Thursday the 23rd of April and this is the Brussels

Playbook podcast. The vibe in Brussels today is one of watching and waiting, with a show happening some

3,000 kilometres away. But the vibe here in Cyprus is one of anticipation. EU leaders will

arrive this afternoon, the biggest European gathering on this island for many, many years. I was here in

2012 when Cyprus last had the presidency of the EU, but even then there was nothing on this scale,

nothing so pivotal, nothing that took place against the backdrop of global disruption,

consequential wars on Europe's doorstep, and nothing that felt so era-defining as two dozen or more

presidents and prime ministers in the shadow of a crumbling world order and needing to prove their

relevance.

I'm Ian Wishart, as I said in Nicosia.

Sarah Wheaton, our policy editor is in the studio in Brussels, and Nick Vinaker, our chief

foreign correspondent, is also with us. He's and Nick Vinica, our chief foreign correspondent,

is also with us. He's joining us from Greece, where he's attending the Delphi Economic Forum,

and among other things, tracking the Donald Trump Maga gang showing up on this side of the Atlantic.

And with speakers there, including the Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsutakis and the European Council President

Antonio Costa before they come here to Cyprus. It's obvious that all our powers are converging today.

I mean, Anne, you've brought up all these weighty, important, you know, world-defining matters,

but, you know, I got to ask, have you been served Halumi yet?

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