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Foreign ministers hold cloistered talks on EU future

EU foreign ministers will this weekend gather in a monastery near Vienna for what could prove to be key talks on the future of the EU, amid deep divisions on the fate of the bloc's constitution.

Ministers are expected to bring only their closest aids to the conclave, taking place at the Augustinian Klosterneuburg Abbey on Saturday and Sunday (27-28 May), with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and commissioners Margot Wallstrom (communication) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner ...

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