Malta next year host EU summit

European leaders early next year hold an informal meeting in Malta.

The Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Monday after a meeting with EU President Donald Tusk. The decision on a vervolgtop can be taken Friday in the Slovak capital, Tusks spokesman announced.

Malta takes the six-month EU presidency on January 1 over Slovakia. Usually find EU summits in Brussels, but Tusk and Member States, inter alia Central and Eastern Europe want more emphasis will be placed on the capitals. In the Belgian capital are in October and December have regular meetings of EU leaders on the program.

Incidentally, Valletta, Malta's capital, last year also the setting for a summit. When speaking European and African leaders on a common approach to migration flows from Africa.