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Diplomat: 'It gets quite foggy in there sometimes' (Photo: lanier67)

Van Rompuy asks smoking EU leaders to leave the room

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has for the first time asked EU leaders to leave the dinning room if they wish to smoke.

The EU's Justus Lipsius building where summits are held is usually a smoke-free zone, but leaders have traditionally been allowed to puff away over dinner. New restrictions were laid down on Thursday evening (24 March) however, as heads of state and government sat down to eat and discuss economic plans.

Van Rompuy made the declaration at the start...

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Diplomat: 'It gets quite foggy in there sometimes' (Photo: lanier67)

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