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No agreement on Commission president

by Honor Mahony, Brussels,

EU leaders broke off their meeting in the early hours of Friday morning without agreement on who should be the next Commission president.

After several hours of discussion, including bilateral meetings with Irish prime minister and current head of the EU Bertie Ahern, it was decided to adjourn the meeting to later on Friday.

Commenting on the evening's discussions, Mr Ahern said the position, currently held by Romano Prodi, is a "major post" and an "enormously important position"....

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