The convening of an additional special summit to seal a possible agreement with London on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union is a "competence” of the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, on the recommendation of the EU's Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier, indicating that "sufficient progress" has been made, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday 5 November.
The latter was responding to reports in the British press over the weekend that...