Germany suggests EU launch talks on treaty without Polish assent
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BRUSSELS -- Germany, which holds the EU presidency, proposed yesterday that negotiations be launched on a treaty to reform European Union institutions without Poland's assent unless Warsaw accepted a compromise deal.
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Germany wants the US to include its Nato allies in talks on a missile defence shield in Europe.
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European Union leaders faced a showdown at a summit on Thursday over efforts to reform the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement seemed to rise after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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European Union leaders inched tentatively toward a deal on a new treaty of reforms early Saturday after a German showdown with Poland, as a key EU summit moved into its third day.
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European Union leaders headed for a  showdown on Thursday over efforts to reform the bloc&#39;s creaking  institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to rise after  chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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Poland will push to get concessions on a European Union voting system written into the new EU treaty because the bloc's leaders already agreed to them verbally, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Wednesday.
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Europe expects to overcome  a dispute with the United States blocking the launch of  negotiations on a new climate treaty beyond 2012 at U.N. talks  in Bali, Germany said on the final day on Friday.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over the latest bid to overhaul the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement may be rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says there are still disagreements with Poland before new EU treaty talks.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of "grave consequences" on Thursday if the EU failed to clinch a deal on reforming its institutions, but Austria cautioned that Poland seemed determined to prevent a German-led agreement.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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Poland vowed on Friday to reopen debate  on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants  on voting rights, clashing again with European partners who say  those discussions are over.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday he feared there may be no compromise at a European Union summit on a treaty to reform the bloc's institutions.
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EU president Germany proposed on  Friday launching negotiations on a treaty to reform European  Union institutions without Poland&#39;s assent unless Warsaw  accepted a compromise deal on the voting system.
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Despite US pleas, France and Germany want to end a European Union arms embargo of China. Fortunately, other nations in the EU are expected to nix the idea at a China-EU summit this week.
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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 on Friday held out the  possibility it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty next week, saying compromise was closer  after lobbying by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.