Chinanews, July 18th, a comprehensive report, on July 17, local time, when the leaders of EU member states attended the EU special summit, they adopted a special way of greeting-greet each other with elbows.
On July 17, local time, in Brussels, Belgium, politicians from various countries attending the EU face-to-face summit "crashed elbows" to greet each other. The picture shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and President of the European Council Michelle (right) greeting "elbowing".
According to reports, affected by the new crown epidemic, the EU has not held an offline summit since February 2020. On July 17, local time, the EU Special Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. This was the first face-to-face summit held by the leaders of the 27 EU member states after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Europe.
On July 17, local time, in Brussels, Belgium, politicians from various countries attending the EU face-to-face summit "crashed elbows" to greet each other. The picture shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and European Commission President Von Delaine (center) greeting "elbowing".
The leaders all wore masks when they arrived at the meeting and greeted them by "elbowing".
Another interesting episode is that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Portuguese Prime Minister Costa also received birthday gifts from leaders of other countries.
On July 17, local time, in Brussels, Belgium, French President Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the EU face-to-face summit.
According to previous reports, the EU summit will discuss the 750 billion euro recovery fund and the budget for the next 7 years. Due to the huge differences among member states, after a day of bargaining, the dialogue reached a deadlock, and no substantial progress was made on how to manage the recovery fund.