EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Friday, but ahead of the Summit most of Europe's leading politicians will attend the European People's Party's 20th Congress in Marseille. Currently a majority of governments in the EU are led by political parties belonging to the EPP family. Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek, Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Council President Herman Van Rompuy and EPP Group Chairman Joseph Daul will of course all be in Marseille to attend the Congress, which will be chaired by EPP President Wilfried Martens.

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