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Juncker convokes express mini-summit

The ultimatum of Angela Merkel’s Bavarian coalition partners to close an agreement on refugees has accelerated Europe’s diplomatic machine to save her government and reduce the tension of recent weeks for the migration debate. The result is the commission’s calling of an express mini-summit for Sunday in Brussels. Eight of the 28 EU member states have been invited and the meeting will precede the already programmed summit with all the partners on June 28. Those invited are those most affected by the recent events in the migration crisis, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta, Austria and Bulgaria.

The issue has given rise to serious discrepancies among EU members.

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