Madrid was excluded from pre-summit talks convened by Rome and Berlin on the bloc’s economic future

Spain has accused Italy and Germany of “undermining EU solidarity” after it was excluded from an informal pre-summit meeting convened by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Chancellor Friedrich Merz to map out the bloc’s economic future.

The closed-door gathering took place Thursday at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium, hosted by Italy’s Meloni, Germany’s Merz and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Nineteen countries attended, including France, Poland, the Netherlands, and Hungary. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was also in the…

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