BRUSSELS: EU leaders minus Britain will debate for the first time on Friday how to fill a Brexit-sized hole in the bloc’s budget and how to choose a successor to European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker.

Grand plans pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron to reboot the European Union after Britain leaves in 2019 will collide with issues of cold hard cash and sovereignty at the summit in Brussels.

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