European Union postpones summit after EU Council president goes into quarantine

European Union postpones summit after EU Council president goes into quarantine
Charles Michel (Yiannis Kourtoglou, Pool via AP)

The European Union has postponed its summit for a week because EU Council President Charles Michel has gone into quarantine after a close collaborator was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Spokesman Barend Leyts said Mr Michel “today learned that a security officer, with whom he was in close contact early last week, tested positive for Covid”.

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