EU's big four meet to seek impetus in face of Brexit

VERSAILLES: The heads of continental Europe's biggest economies meet in the gilded splendour of the Palace of Versailles on Monday, seeking ways of strengthening an EU facing Britain's exit and mounting populism.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande -- whose two countries are often described as the European Union's "engine" -- will be joined by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni.