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    Having seen off Germany in her battle to get a Rome-friendly pact on migration agreed among EU member states on Wednesday, Meloni and Sunak have created another opportunity to wage war on their favourite topic on a wider international stage.

    The leaders gathering for the European Political Community (EPC) summit had already been shepherded into groups themed on enlargement, defence, artificial intelligence, energy security and the climate emergency.

    However at the 11th hour it emerged that Meloni had contacted Sunak after it became public that he had failed to persuade Spain, the EPC organiser, to put migration on the agenda.

    The vision behind the EPC was to create a platform for informal discussions between leaders within and outside the EU and bring the Balkan states, Turkey and Armenia and Azerbaijan firmly into the European tent.

    Bilateral meetings of “brush-by” short encounters between leaders on the white leather sofas in the vast El Palacio de Congresos conference centre is where the real business will take place.

    Enlargement and the Russian war will remain at the top of the agenda in all discussions particularly in the wake of recent jitters in the US over continued contributions to Ukraine’s defence.


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