EU scrambles to avoid Hungarian veto ahead of key summit – Europe live

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán could block opening accession talks with Ukraine

Margrethe Vestager, one of the Danish candidates to lead the European Investment Bank, said she had withdrawn from the race and will return to her job as a European commissioner.

EU ministers today agreed to support Nadia Calviño, Spain’s deputy prime minister, as the next president of the European Investment Bank.