BBC News – EU summit scrapped after Obama ‘snub’: “The European Union has scrapped a summit with the US, after President Barack Obama decided not to attend.
The event in Madrid in May was to have been the highlight of Spain’s six-month EU presidency, and the cancellation is seen as a humiliating blow.
Officials say the summit may be take place later this year.
BBC European affairs correspondent Oana Lungescu says many see Mr Obama’s decision as a snub to the EU’s hopes of boosting its global role.”