EU Advances on Reform Treaty as Poland Backs Down
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"We will not insist on an initial requirement of two years."  Poland backed down on a key objection to a treaty to reform European Union institutions on Monday, allowing the bloc to proceed with negotiations to turn the political deal reached last month into a legal text. via The Epoch Times
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BRUSSELS -- Poland and Germany clashed yesterday over how to revive Europe's stalled constitution amid growing signs that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was unwilling to accept Polish demands to maximize its power in an expanded European Union.
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EU leaders have reached agreement with Poland on the outline of a new treaty to replace the bloc&#39;s failed constitution, several member states said as a summit moved into a third day Saturday.
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EU leaders on Saturday clinched a deal on Europe&#39;s future, agreeing the shape of a treaty to streamline the expanded bloc after striking a compromise with tough-talking Poland in all-night talks.
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The EU can turn to new priorities such as globalisation after agreeing a new reform treaty, its leaders said Friday, but thoughts were also on the potentially tricky topic of ratification.
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The European Union is to launch talks on drafting a new treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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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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EU diplomats fail to persuade Poland to lift a veto on the start of talks on an EU-Russia co-operation pact.
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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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The government called Friday for the European Union to "move on" to real reform after agreeing a new treaty, but eurosceptics threatened to keep the wrangling going with fresh demands for a referendum.
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Hopes grew for a breakthrough in negotiations for a new treaty to reform the European Union on Friday as Germany, France and Poland thrashed out a possible compromise involving the core problem of voting rights.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 15 (IPS) - The European Union has agreed on a document to  reform itself institutionally, but Brussels is beginning to  understand it will have to get used to tough opposition from some  of its Eastern European member states.
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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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Germany turned up the heat on Poland in a clash over reforms of the European Union on Friday, threatening to launch negotiations on a new treaty without Warsaw's assent.
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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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European leaders have swiftly turned their attention to the tricky issue of ratifying the landmark EU reform treaty, after endorsing the text aimed at updating its creaking institutions.
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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.