Poland can&#39;t accept Merkel treaty victory: Austria
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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.
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Poland formally told its European  Union partners it could not accept a reformed voting system  enshrined in the defunct EU constitution, raising the prospect  of a crisis at a crucial summit later this week.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought on Friday to persuade Poland to compromise over a new treaty to govern the European Union but made little progress.
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"The worst situation would be for Poland to say yes, and then have to pay the political price, and afterwards the shield would not be built because of a change of government in the US"  Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in an interview published Saturday said his country had still not given its approval for the planned US missile defence system in Poland. via Earth Times
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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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Britain and Poland pledge no surrender on key demands on a new treaty ahead of EU summit.
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New shareholders should not be admitted to European plane maker EADS's  shareholder pact, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview when asked about allowing Russian investors to buy in.
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Poland signaled on Wednesday it could accept a European Union voting system it has battled against for months, provided it receives a stronger say in the 27-nation bloc's deliberations.
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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 on Friday ruled out any &quot;horsetrading&quot; as Warsaw continued to threaten to sink efforts to draft a new governing treaty for the 27-nation European Union.
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WARSAW Struggling with high unemployment and opposition here to the war in Iraq, Poland&#39;s minority leftist government, led by Marek Belka, on Thursday was trying to head off defeat in a vote of confidence by making last- minute deals to stay in power
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled on Friday to break Poland's resistance to a new treaty to reform and strengthen the European Union as it takes on new global challenges.
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European Union leaders stuck to their positions on a new treaty to govern the 27-nation bloc at a summit on Thursday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was too soon to say if a deal could be reached.
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Poland vowed to reopen debate on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants on voting rights on Friday, clashing again with European partners who say those discussions are over.
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EU president Germany proposed on Friday launching negotiations on a treaty to reform European Union institutions without Poland's assent unless Warsaw accepted a compromise deal on the voting system.
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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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German and French leaders met with Poland's president in talks that lasted into the early hours Friday, seeking to win support for a European Union treaty aimed at replacing a proposal for a constitution that failed two years ago.