A proposal to hold more public EU council meetings to be discussed by European leaders next week may not be implemented as the UK is having second thoughts about the idea.
The Financial Times reports that the new British foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, ordered a new evaluation of London's normally outspoken support for this transparency initiative.
Ms Beckett reportedly believes that EU deal-making could be hampered if cameras are allowed into meetings as ministers would be ...
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