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SToday we’re taking a look at the issues and top topics that policymakers and senior leaders are facing this month, as everyone in the Brussels bubble takes time off and prepares for end-of-summer rentrée announcements.

Scroll down to read about what’s brewing inside the EU’s grey offices and NATO’s glass-walled HQ in Brussels this month. Discussion points include getting more weapons to Ukraine , key decisions on high-end fighter jets , a new soft 15 August deadline to put in for EU defence loans , and a NATO rethink of several pieces of its air-defence plans.

A programming note: Firepower will be taking a break over the next three weeks and will return on 29 A

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