Foreign ministers are set to agree on a 2009 deadline for changes to the EU treaty, while extending the so-called "reflection period" on the future of the union by one year, according to Dutch foreign minister Bernard Bot.
"People think that before 2009 there should be clarity as to whether there should be a new treaty or a new instrument on the table," Mr Bot told reporters after talks with his EU counterparts in Klosterneuburg near Vienna.
"It would be sensible to know before 2...
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