Host Charles Michel overturned the agenda of the summit several times and thus caused some confusion. Nevertheless, shortly after 10 p.m., he announced the summit’s completion – all contentious issues had been resolved. Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke of a „council that was as short as it was constructive.“ Earlier, the Polish head of government Mateusz Morawiecki had given up his opposition to the implementation of the global minimum tax for large companies and paved the way for the ninth sanctions package against Russia, as Eric Bonse reports.