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Croatian PM Ivo Sanader will be in Strasbourg on Tuesday (Photo: European Communities, 2008)

This WEEK in the European Union

The EU's mixed response to what should be done with prisoners from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay will come under the spotlight on Wednesday (4 February), when MEPs debate the matter with European Commission and member state representatives.

The EU has been a strong critic of the prison, set up under the Bush administration. But now that Washington has said it intends to close the facility, the bloc is having difficulty agreeing on how many detainees it should accept.

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Croatian PM Ivo Sanader will be in Strasbourg on Tuesday (Photo: European Communities, 2008)

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