Photo: DPAGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel huddles with western European allies Thursday to draw up a battle strategy a week before she hosts what is expected to be the most fractious G20 summit in years. Threatening to deepen divisions, Trump will head to Warsaw for a summit of central and eastern European leaders, likely including Hungary's hardline Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a day ahead of the G20. European affairs journal Euractiv asked: "How strongly do all these countries from Central and Eastern Europe feel about Trump? Meanwhile, environmental activists urged the European leaders to take the lead in protecting the climate, as they called a demonstration on Thursday morning outside the chancellery where Merkel will receive her colleagues. The protesters have pledged to turn up dressed "as the most important summit leaders in climate hero costumes with a three-metre high globe and a clear call to the G20: "Don't Trump Our Planet!"

Source: The Local June 29, 2017 07:07 UTC