After a ceremonial signing of the new Lisbon treaty, EU leaders are meeting for an unusually short end-of-the-year summit, set to be dominated by talks on Kosovo, globalisation and a brand new 'visionary' body to study Europe's future challenges.
Unlike previous top level meetings, today's gathering only has a few issues on the agenda, with diplomats expecting that the pre-cooked summit conclusions will not have to be altered too much at the end of the summit.
But the wording on ...
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