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Officially, the veto is not on the summit agenda, but the Poles have brought new ideas from Warsaw (Photo: European Commission)

Poland veto issue making waves at EU summit

Poland's veto on EU-Russia treaty talks is making waves at the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday (14 December), with president Lech Kaczynski discussing new proposals on a solution and his aides saying the atmosphere is more positive than ever.

Mr Kaczynski met face-to-face with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen and German chancellor Angela Merkel on the topic, in between contacts with his twin brother the Polish PM in Warsaw and with further m...

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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.

Officially, the veto is not on the summit agenda, but the Poles have brought new ideas from Warsaw (Photo: European Commission)

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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.

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