EU Leaders' Summit to Be Held Virtually
EU heads of state and government will hold a summit by videoconference next week as coronavirus infections surge again in several countries, European Council President Charles Michel announced on Sunday, Politico.eu reports.
Michel had held out strong hope that the 27 national leaders would be able to meet physically in Brussels for their regular March summit. His decision to shift to a virtual format underscored both the grave health situation and his acceptance of the political impossibility for leaders to travel after several of them ordered renewed or stricter lockdown measures in recent days.
At the summit Thursday and Friday, the leaders were due to discuss the pandemic, especially the troubled vaccine program, but also an array of other topics, including a strategic discussion about Russia policy and plans to push forward with a unilateral tax on giant digital companies if an international agreement cannot be reached.
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