One-day EU summit, 27 will talk about Trump at lunch

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, DEC 18 - A single day dedicated to the EU summit, with already sealed conclusions on the table and space for strategic discussion: the first European Council of the new European legislature, explain several European diplomatic sources, records the emergence of a "Costa method," that is, the Portuguese Antonio Costa, Charles Michel's successor. The 27 leaders will arrive in the afternoon for the EU-Balkans summit, which will be held at the Europa Building until dinnertime.
    French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend the summit, but will leave during the night for the hurricane-ravaged island of Mayotte. Tomorrow will be the day of the EU summit. It will begin in the morning with a discussion about Ukraine and the presence of President Volodymyr Zelensky. At lunch, the leaders will talk about the "role of the EU in the world". I The other issues raised in the conclusions will be discussed in the afternoon, including enlargement, Moldova, Georgia, and, most importantly, migration. The agenda for the evening working dinner (only invited leaders, no staff or cell phones) will instead centre on the Middle East, with Syria as the primary focus. The conclusions, nine pages long, do not presuppose operational decisions. (ANSA).