The big result of the EU summit - to talk for another two years about the constitution - will hardly set hearts racing, with the World Cup proving a welcome distraction at Brussels' summer session.
"It doesn't have to be exciting," Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker told EUobserver on Friday, while Polish prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz compared the reflection period to a collective "nap" and Czech president Vaclav Klaus summed up the summit as "word games" on the EU c...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.