EU leaders converge on Brussels for crunch summit
477122
European Union leaders converged on Brussels on Thursday for a potentially divisive summit, with Britain and Poland threatening to torpedo agreement on a major package of sorely needed reforms.
165456
European Union leaders were locked in intense talks on the second day of a summit Friday seeking to break a deadlock with Britain and Poland over a new reform treaty.
219212
The EU will resume crunch talks with   Iran over its disputed nuclear work on Thursday, officials   said, as world power consultations at an atomic watchdog   meeting betrayed differences over whether to crack down on   Tehran.
620003
European Union leaders open a two-day meeting later Thursday deeply divided over calls for tougher measures to fight global change.Comment
647
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.
520574
Britain and France held &quot;positive&quot; talks Tuesday aiming to narrow differences ahead of a crunch European Union summit, while admitting that significant divisions remained.
168336
At their annual summit, European Union leaders also said they wanted to strengthen the 25-nation bloc&#39;s relationship with the newly re-elected President Bush, which was deeply strained by the Iraq war.
452022
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.
256920
Union leaders will meet British Airways managers for crunch talks in a bid to prevent strikes at airports across the UK.
115163
Tony Blair will tomorrow join other European Union leaders in Rome amid the growing crisis over the appointment of a new Brussels Commission.
94034
Gordon Brown is meeting his French, German and Italian counterparts to discuss the global economic turmoil.
464681
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosts European leaders in London later on Tuesday for talks on global financial turmoil and efforts to detect and prevent a repetition.
317351
Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
427094
European Union leaders were to lunch with interim Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi on Friday at the conclusion of a two-day summit aimed at taking a further step towards overcoming their divisions over the Iraq war.
334848
European Union leaders began a crucial summit on Thursday with hopes of an agreement on reforms of the bloc's creaking institutions hanging in the balance over demands made by Britain and Poland.
6995
BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
512409
European Union leaders meet in Brussels this week to decide whether to open talks with Turkey on its controversial bid to join the bloc.