EU summit: nuclear power and free trade • Table.Briefings

Today’s meeting of heads of state and government is not expected to be entirely controversial – but the differences between President Macron and Chancellor Scholz are likely to come to light again.

The heads of state and government would like to avoid one contentious issue as far as possible: Negotiations on the phasing out of internal combustion engines should be concluded before the EU summit starting this morning, if possible, or at least left to the two previous opponents, German Minister for Transport Volker Wissing and EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans.

EU summit: nuclear power and free trade as topics of dispute

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