French President Emmanuel Macron will miss the meeting with European leaders and the European Union summit.
This was reported by URA-Inform with reference to Politico.
Politico journalists noted that Macron will not attend the summit European Union, scheduled for today, December 19. NATO diplomats cited the natural disaster in France's overseas territories as the reason.
The media also learned that Emmanuel Macron will be represented at the meetings by his German counterpart Olaf Scholz.
“This will be in accordance with established practice between France and Germany,” — ; the statement said.
According to an anonymous official from the Elysee Palace who spoke to reporters, the conclusions of the European Council summit have been “preliminarily agreed” and there are no “editorial issues” likely to arise .
“French positions are included at the stage of preparing all documents,” &# 8212; added a media source.
As is known, the French overseas department of Mayotte was hit by the most powerful cyclone in the last century – “Chido”. In the capital of the archipelago, schools, hospitals and residential buildings were destroyed, and dozens of people are considered dead or missing.
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