António Costa, who takes over the Presidency of the European Council on 1 December, wants to organise ‘informal retreats’ for European leaders.
The first one is due to take place on 3 February in Belgium, we learnt on Thursday 28 November.
“Mr Costa wants to organise informal retreats for leaders. The idea is to organise real informal meetings where they can discuss strategic areas without coming to any conclusions. The leaders themselves have asked for more strategic discussions,...