EU summit: Another show of disunity looms as Europe’s political elite fight to keep union from tearing itself apart – Telegraph.co.uk

Category: European Union

Four months ago the 27 member states of the European Union who will be left standing after Brexit came together in Bratislava for a self-proclaimed unity summit that ended - somewhat predictably - in a spectacular show of disunity.

After several hours chugging down the Danube in a riverboat, the EU leaders emerged in an open squabble - Matteo Renzi, the-then prime minister of Italy, refused to share a stage with his French and German counterparts in a row over austerity, while Viktor Orban immediately denounced the EU policy on refugees as self-destructive and nave.

On Friday this week Europe will try again, gathering for another informal summit - this time in the baroque courtyards of the Grandmasters Palace in Valletta, Malta - but already it seems there is a high chance that the end result will be much the same.

Preparing the ground this week, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel...

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