What We're Tracking The European Union-African Union summit. Brussels will host the European Union-African Union summit on Feb. 17-18, which will see 27 European leaders meet with 55 of their African counterparts. The leaders are expected to discuss issues ranging from growth financing to climate change to vaccine programs. Mackey Sall, president of Senegal and current African Union chair, has said that African solidarity in the energy transition, migration and counterterrorism financing will be priorities at the summit. Meanwhile, France — currently serving as the president of the European Union — will very likely broach ongoing tensions between European officials and African leaders who took power via coups, tensions exemplified by the tenuous relationship between France and Mali. The German chancellor visits Ukraine and Russia.