Brief from Brussels: 'With friends like these' - Trump looms large over EU summit

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Brief from Brussels: An EU-Balkans summit, supposed to focus on EU enlargement, is overshadowed by Iran, the Mideast peace process and trade tariffs. The Catalan crisis also touches the meeting of leaders, with Spanish Prime Minister not going to meetings on Thursday because Kosovo’s president will be there. Madrid has never recognised Kosovo’s independence.