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Irish Presidency to tackle tricky institutional questions

The Irish EU Presidency is hoping to tackle one of the most controversial institutional issues in the European Constitution at a meeting of foreign ministers later this month.

They are set to table a proposal on the number of commissioners in the European Commission - an issue over which large and small member states have been wrangling since the Constitution was drawn up.

While the Presidency is said not to have a fixed proposal in mind, sources say they are toying with suggesti...

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