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EU Emergency Meeting over Trump Boycotted by Top Officials

HeadlineNov 15, 2016

In Brussels, the European Union held an emergency meeting Sunday night aimed at unifying the bloc’s approach to the election of Donald Trump—although this goal collapsed after a handful of top officials boycotted the event. Both France’s and Hungary’s foreign ministers boycotted the meeting. Hungary’s prime minister supports Trump. French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen, who many are predicting could be the next president of France, has also supported Donald Trump, calling his election part of a “global revolution … in the building of a new world.” Britain, which is slated to leave the EU, boycotted the talks entirely. The Brexit plans, however, appear to be in disarray. A leaked memo said Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet is divided on how to exit the European Union and that there was so much work required to leave the EU, the government might have to hire as many as 30,000 additional people. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the telephone Monday, agreeing to work to improve relations between the two countries.

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