The Twenty-seven are due to open a European Summit on Thursday 13 December in Brussels, full of uncertainties regarding the fate of the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the EU and the ratification process of the negotiation approved on 25 November with Theresa May. They were also uncertain about the fate of the British leader herself, who was facing a vote of no confidence on Wednesday evening initiated by conservative MPs.
On Tuesday 11 December, they obtained the 48 signatures...