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EU sees breakthrough on defence questions

by Honor Mahony, NAPLES,

EU foreign ministers meeting in Naples to discuss the draft Constitution have made a real breakthrough on the question of the future of European defence.

A proposal submitted early on Saturday morning (29 November) by the Italian EU Presidency is close to being generally accepted by member states.

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said that "major steps" have been taken forward "overcoming very different starting po...

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