Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares for her final Group of Seven meeting, “holding things together” could well be what defines her legacy when she steps down this fall after 16 years in office. She’s accompanied on England’s southwest coast by fellow European heavyweights French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Free from the prospect …