By Sanxuan

To deal with China and the US, the EU held an emergency summit in a castle, but soon started quarreling among themselves.

Recently, "dealing with the competition between China and the US" has become the most concerning issue for EU leaders, especially French President Macron, who advocates for EU independence. He constantly talks about China and the US, using the same old rhetoric: if Europe doesn't stand up, it will really be left out of the game.

EU Summit

Following the principle that everything, big or small, should be discussed at a summit, the EU did not hold this meeting at its headquarters in Brussels, but instead chose a castle in a village in Belgium to highlight the urgency and secrecy of this summit, creating an atmosphere of discussing important matters.

Of course, this is just their own idea. The outside world does not have much hope for this summit, as the EU always makes a lot of noise but achieves little, with no significant breakthroughs, just repeating the same old slogans about independence and autonomy, and issuing joint statements, after which nothing else happens.

Instead of focusing on the results of the summit, people are more interested in any interesting incidents during the meeting. With 27 EU countries gathered together, something is always bound to happen. Watching them fight among themselves is more interesting than the meeting itself.

As expected, this time was no different. Originally, the summit was scheduled to take place in the morning, but some country leaders insisted on having breakfast before the meeting, calling it a "breakfast meeting," which led to the problem.

The cutest height difference

Having breakfast isn't impossible, and they could invite all participants to join. Those who don't want to come can just stay away. However, not everyone received an invitation. In the end, only 19 countries were invited, leaving the other 8 countries upset.

According to insiders, these 8 countries felt anxious because they believed core decisions had already been made during the breakfast meeting, and when the official meeting began, they would only be informed.

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez openly expressed his dissatisfaction and formally protested to Italy, one of the organizers. Irish Prime Minister criticized the media, saying that if they had already held the meeting behind closed doors, why bother bringing everyone over, causing unnecessary trouble. He even joked about being in a "glorious isolation."

Belgium, as the host, naturally bears the responsibility, but it tried to distance itself, claiming it was unaware of the situation and thought all countries had been invited, emphasizing that the EU had no intention of excluding any country.

Italian Prime Minister Meloni

Logically speaking, Spain's status within the EU is not low, as it is a long-standing Western European country, but many Eastern European countries received invitations while Spain was excluded, which is quite puzzling.

According to insiders, the breakfast meeting did not discuss China-US issues, but rather immigration issues. Participants were mostly countries with anti-immigration stances, so it's normal that Spain, a left-wing ruling country, didn't receive an invitation.

Nevertheless, holding a small group breakfast meeting before the official session is somewhat annoying. Without needing Trump's intervention, the EU would fall into internal conflict and division.

All the distinguished guests

The funniest part is that this breakfast meeting delayed the official meeting. Leaders from Germany, France, and Italy arrived late after the meeting started, and it seemed they had only had breakfast without discussing anything substantial.

A participating diplomat told the reporter that with 19 countries gathering together, there was only one breakfast time, and it might not even be possible to speak a word, let alone discuss important matters.



Original: toutiao.com/article/7606174455525638692/

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