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EU Summit: Britain will be permanently out of ever-closer union. Never part of a European super state | Referendum date set for 23 June
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Coverage of summit stuff.
Skip to end of pg1 if you don't want read through day 1.
Background:
V4 countries (Czech Rep., Poland, Slovakia, Hungary) + Macedonia and Bulgaria have met Monday to discuss sealing off Balkan route for migrants. They gave Greece and Turkey max. a month to lower influx of migrants. Austria is positive to sealing off route as Plan B for EU.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned 14th February against plans for a “reserve border system” devised by the Visegrad Four. She trusts Turkey to help EU and want make a deal.
Turkey PM will not atttend this summit because yesterday's attack in Ankara. Austria has since cancelled the mini-summit (on the refugee situation in Europe & Turkey), which was due to be attended by European leaders from Belgium, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden. According to EUobserver.
More and links to articles at Thread: Eastern Europe wants to seal off Balkan route | V4 group summit Monday, Merkel warns against Visegrad’s plans for a ‘reserve border system’
Netanyahu (!), Merkel in Berlin to discuss border closures and EU-Turkey pact: [link to www.jpost.com]
Big topic for this summit is Brexit.
Leaked file shows widening differences over bid to reform treaty as UK officials concede PM may fail in original demand to underpin reforms: [link to www.theguardian.com]
Who will have influence at the summit table — and who won’t
Nice and simple picture: [link to g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com]
Whole article: [link to www.politico.eu]
Leaders arrivals expected late afternoon CET, followed by first session on a new settlement for the UK, working dinner scheduled at 20:00 followed by press conference. Main discussion is expected tomorrow.
At official Indicative programme there is no mention about working session on migration issue yet.
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