EUROPE - More than half of EU leaders will boycott a major European conference in Austria next week in a humiliating backlash against right wing Vienna's anti-migration stance. Several EU officials and diplomats expressed their disappointment after Austria, which holds the EU presidency, withdrew from the migration deal following a two-day conference in Marrakesh, Morocco. Delegates were expected to work on how best Africa and Europe can work together to ensure mutually prosperous futures. But one EU diplomat told Politico: “I would not call [Austria] the best possible honest broker when it comes to migration." Countries expected to attend include Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Malta and Belgium - but the whole south of the EU and most of the west will not attend.