Poland softens tone on eve of EU treaty summit
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Poland softened its public tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try and defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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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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WARSAW -- Poland's all-or-nothing negotiating style has helped the postcommunist state win concessions on a new EU treaty, but at the cost of relations with some key partners in the European bloc.
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With a June 21-22 EU summit looming, the bloc&#39;s German presidency is confident of brokering a deal for a new EU treaty despite Polish veto threats.
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The European Commission warned Poland on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week, but Warsaw vowed to fight on.
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European Union leaders were to resume debate Friday on a package of sorely-needed reforms after failing to bridge major differences overnight, with Britain and Poland notably resisting an agreement.
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European Union leaders have converged on Brussels for a summit that will see them slow down the process of EU enlargement at least until they have a clearer vision of the bloc's future.
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MESEBERG, Germany  - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Poland's president on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to convince Warsaw to drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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Since identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski shot to power in Poland last year, the EU newcomer has become the bloc's enfant terrible _ deepening ties with Washington and displaying Euro-skepticism on ...Comment
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski stepped up the rhetoric over European Union voting rights Wednesday, saying Poles were ready to &quot;die&quot; to get their way on the issue.
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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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European Union leaders reached broad agreement on Friday on a single post to run EU foreign affairs, the first success at a summit on the bloc's future, but Poland held up progress towards a treaty to reform the Union.
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The European Union opened summit talks with Russia in disarray on Friday after Poland vetoed the start of talks on a partnership pact.
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try to defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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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 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.