Macron Gives Spanish Ally Cold Shoulder as Leaders Close Ranks

French President Emmanuel Macron closed ranks with his Spanish counterpart at the European Union summit Thursday to leave his liberal ally from Madrid with egg on his face.

Albert Rivera, head of the centrist party Ciudadanos, traveled to Brussels to meet with liberal leaders on the sidelines of the summit as he looks to burnish his credentials as the de facto leader of the opposition to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain.