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 "slug": "kallas-withdraws-high-level-group-on-defence-day-before-launch",
 "title": "Kallas Withdraws Her High-Level Group on Defence a Day Before Its Brussels Launch",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/kallas-withdraws-high-level-group-on-defence-day-before-launch/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-07T14:34:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-09T14:34:45.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 7 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The EU's High Representative Kaja Kallas withdrew her High-Level Group on Defence the day before its scheduled launch, telling invitees on Sunday afternoon\n * The group was to have met at a fireside-chat event at the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels, with about 150 attendees drawn from EU institutions, NATO and think tanks\n * EEAS spokesperson Wigand said \"some member states felt this was not the right path to take at this time\" and that th",
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