EU leaders look to toughen line on new members
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European Union leaders will seek at a  summit starting Thursday to reassure skeptical voters by  toughening policy on further enlargement of the bloc while  leaving the door ajar for a queue of aspiring nations.
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Disappointed European leaders seem to be torn between pursuing efforts to engage Iran and calls for a harder line over Tehran&#39;s nuclear aims, to bring them closer to the US stance.
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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.
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Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
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EU leaders prepare for a second day of tough talks on reforming the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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European Union foreign ministers battled late Sunday to overcome major obstacles to sorely-needed reforms so EU leaders can draw up the outlines of a new treaty this week.
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The European Union braced for a knife-edge vote to decide the fate of its new executive arm with incoming EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso hardening his stance against rebel legislators.
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Germany and France are expected to adopt a tougher stand on the Turkish bid to join the EU when their leaders meet in SaarbrA A1 4cken on Tuesday .Comment
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European leaders will seek to reassure  sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening  policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though  slamming the door on a queue of aspiring nations.
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The European Union does not intend to admit new members &quot;in the foreseeable future&quot; other than those who have already begun adhesion discussions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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The European Union wrestled with proposals to overhaul its ineffective budget rules but put off concrete action until January at the earliest in the face of big divisions.
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Beleaguered European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso began work today facing growing calls for action against two of his new 24-strong team.
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EU leaders will try to breathe new life this week into plans to diversify energy sources and combat climate change at a summit in Brussels amid fears they will only blow &quot;hot air&quot;, officials and experts said.
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European Union leaders will sign the  'Treaty of Lisbon' on Thursday to modernize the bloc's  institutions and put behind them a difficult reform process  that has lasted nearly a decade.
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European Union leaders struggled to narrow their differences on Thursday on a reform treaty for the 27-nation bloc and said it was too soon to tell whether they could reach a deal at a two-day summit.
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BRUSSELS  - The European Union wrestled with proposals to overhaul its ineffective budget rules but put off concrete action until January at the earliest in the face of big divisions.
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European Union leaders will sign the 'Treaty of Lisbon' on Thursday to modernize the bloc's institutions and put behind them a difficult reform process that has lasted nearly a decade.