Also, in Friday’s edition: Ceuta crisis, EEAS, Council influencers

You’re reading Rapporteur on Friday 7 August. This is Magnus Lund Nielsen, filling in one last time before the newsletter goes on a two-week hiatus. Eddy Wax and Nicoletta Ionta will be back in your inbox on 24 August.

Need-to-knows:

From the capital

Iceland’s government wants to restart the country’s stalled EU membership negotiations. It just does not want the EU helping it win the vote.