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Spain moots compromise on Nice Treaty

Spain, a fierce negotiator in the on-going talks to finalise the EU Constitution, has come up with a compromise on one of the most sensitive issues, the Spanish Daily El Pais reported today.

According to the newspaper, Madrid would consider a new deal on the voting system in the Constitution.

It has proposed a system whereby decisions would need to be approved by a majority of countries representing at least 66 percent of the EU population, rather than 60 percent as proposed in th...

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