EU leaders to attend 'intellectual' summit

European leaders will meet with intellectuals and business leaders to discuss Europe’s core values in a high-level conference later this year.

EU heads of state and government will be invited to attend a special conference on European values at the beginning of December- an event organised at the personal initiative of the Dutch prime minister, Jan Peter Balkenende.

It is hoped the conference - to be held in the Netherlands - will be the culmination of a half-year long EU-wide de...