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Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel organized a meeting of 12 European leaders this evening, including Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the Belgian government announced.

They will have dinner at Hertoginnedal castle near Brussels. The talks are on the eve of the informal summit of the 27 European leaders tomorrow in Brussels.

Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron are the leaders with "the highest level of favorability" worldwide.

This is according to Gallup International Association's "Global Leaders End of Year" survey.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly told Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe last year that his country could joint NATO counting on her support.

"Shinzo, why not join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? I can convince British Prime Minister Cameron and French President Hollande," The Japan Times, the country's biggest English-language paper, quotes Merkel as saying.

Forbes magazine declared Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most powerful person in the world for the third year in a row.

This magazine revealed this in its seventh annual list, which ranks the "World's Most Powerful People" in 2015.