Germany urges EU partners to move on without Poland
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Germany urged its European Union partners to move ahead on a new treaty of reforms without Poland, after Warsaw rejected an offer to modify the bloc&#39;s voting system in its favour.
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Germany said on Saturday that Italy's  opposition to its campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N.  Security Council could mean Europe loses out.
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Germany's foreign minister on Monday called for a calm debate within the European Union, the NATO alliance and with Russia on U.S. plans to develop an anti-missile shield in Europe.
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Berlin and Warsaw have moved closer to ending a row over Germany's plans to mark the expulsion of millions of Germans from eastern Europe after World War Two, a subject that has strained relations for years.
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BRUSSELS -- Poland and Germany clashed yesterday over how to revive Europe's stalled constitution amid growing signs that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was unwilling to accept Polish demands to maximize its power in an expanded European Union.
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The European Union urged Israel on  Wednesday to call off plans to build 690 new homes in two  Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, branding the move  illegal and apt to raise regional tensions further.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski  downplayed in a newspaper interview fears Poland could block  agreement on a new treaty to replace the defunct European Union  constitution at a summit in Brussels this week.
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Britain and Poland pledge no surrender on key demands on a new treaty ahead of EU summit.
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European commissioners criticise Germany for resisting a cap on industrial CO2 emissions in 2008-12.
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"We have no alternative, because we can not leave Afghanistan to the hands of the terrorists"  Thousands of protesters called Saturday for German troops to pull out of Afghanistan, while Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the country's presence there as necessary to ensure security. via MyTELUS
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Germany turned up the heat on Poland in a clash over reforms of the European Union on Friday, threatening to launch negotiations on a new treaty without Warsaw's assent.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday night that she would sidestep Poland's objections to a new European Union governing treaty by forging ahead with negotiations and hoping Warsaw will join in later.
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Germany, president of the European Union, urged a new Palestinian unity government on Friday to comply with the three conditions set out by the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators.
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Poland's president is visiting Germany for crucial talks on the future of a new EU constitutional treaty.
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"Decisions that have consequences for all of Europe must not be allowed to undermine European unity"  A senior Council of Europe official warned Monday that U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe could undermine the continent's unity.The Czech Republic has agreed to start negotiations on building a radar base southwest of Prague, while Poland is considering a proposal to host interceptor missiles.'The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions,' said Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden, who chairs the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe. Read more
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Germany appealed Saturday for the United States to join Europe in ending Iran's isolation, saying economic and security incentives were needed to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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Poland appears unwilling to accept a  German-led deal to revive the EU&#39;s stalled constitution and may  prefer to wait until after Germany&#39;s presidency of the bloc to  decide the charter&#39;s future, Austria&#39;s chancellor said.