On the agenda: The Eurogroup, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council and the Foreign Affairs Council meetings are all happening this week. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi this afternoon. Also today, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

Trade: EU countries today released the negotiation mandate for upgrading the EU-Chile trade accord. The mandate can be found here.

On the possibility of an EU-Turkey summit next month: “Once we have news, you will be the first to know,” said Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas.

On whether the EU will fund a bridge across the English Channel proposed by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson: Schinas said the Commission has a map of “trans-European networks as we have designed them,” but, Schinas said, “I have the feeling that this project is not there.”

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On Austria taking the EU to court over its decision to allow Hungary to expand its nuclear plant Paks II: “We will be in court defending our decision,” said Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso.

On the Spitzenkandidat process to select the Commission president: “The view of the Commission is that the Spitzenkandidaten system was a success,” said Schinas. The system allows European Parliament groups to nominate a candidate to become the Commission president before EU elections, but some have called for it to be reformed.

The Commission, Schinas said, “will have the chance to present a meaningful substantial contribution” on the Spitzenkandidat process when European heads of state meet for an informal summit next month in Brussels.