EU’s crisis-proofing summit derailed by … another crisis

(Nicholas Vinocur – Politico) EU leaders were all set to finally hammer out how they will revive the bloc’s ailing economy and chart a path to independence from powers like China and the United States. But Donald Trump had other plans. Just as the U.S. president’s threats to seize Greenland had dominated a previous gathering of leaders in January (and his tariffs had overshadowed a meeting before that), the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has hijacked the agenda of Thursday’s European Council, forcing leaders to focus on a short-term energy crisis — while sapping attention from the original aim of talking about long-term competitiveness. – EU’s crisis-proofing summit derailed by … another crisis – POLITICO