Good morning from Brussels, where the EU’s 27 leaders gather today for a crunch summit eclipsed by two raging wars – one in the Middle East and the other in Ukraine.
The gathering was intended to focus on competitiveness, after EU leaders last month vowed an economic revival plan for the bloc by the summer. But the outbreak of the US and Israel’s war on Iran has sent jitters through global markets and energy prices spiralling, forcing leaders to return to crisis mode.
