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EU leaders are gathering for their autumn summit in Brussels (Photo: European Council)

US spying to trump economy at EU summit

It's a diplomat's nightmare: after weeks of painstakingly negotiating and rewriting the wording of the EU council's conclusions, the summit gets hijacked by a completely different topic.

With no urgent decisions to take on the economic front, EU leaders on Thursday and Friday (24-25 October) were supposed to focus on innovation and "refitting" the EU rules machinery so it focuses more on the "big things" and less on small issues.

Germany was pressing ahead with its demands for mor...

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EU leaders are gathering for their autumn summit in Brussels (Photo: European Council)

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