National government leaders whose countries want to host one of the London-based EU agencies, used the opportunity of seeing each other at this week's summit to win votes for their bids.
Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni told press on Friday (20 October) that the EU leaders "spoke briefly" about the agencies' relocation during the formal meeting, but "very intensely during bilateral meetings."
He said Italy was in a "major" diplomatic push to promote its candidate city to hos...
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