Juggling diaries to find room for key Brussels fixture

Urgent consultations are underway between the Government and the EU, the Margin can exclusively reveal

Urgent consultations are underway between the Government and the EU, the Margin can exclusively reveal. The Government is urgently demanding an emergency EU summit. On or around November 15th, when, er, a certain match is on in Brussels. Only joking of course. But the Margin wouldn't be at all surprised if a few Ministers and officials soundly found the need to head for the Commission headquarters around that time . . . leaving them only a short metro ride from the King Baudouin (formerly the Heysel) stadium.

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