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EU leaders will tackle the issues on Thursday and Friday (Photo: eu2007.de)

Problems remain ahead of EU treaty summit

With only three days until EU leaders meet in Lisbon to adopt a new EU treaty, a number of issues are continuing to cloud the horizon.

EU foreign ministers at their final pre-summit talks in Luxembourg on Monday (15 October) left the contentious issues to the 27 heads of states and governments to work out a deal at the end of this week (18-19 October).

Poland, Italy, Austria and Bulgaria are topping the list of trouble-makers, with Warsaw seeking to formalise its voting comprom...

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EU leaders will tackle the issues on Thursday and Friday (Photo: eu2007.de)

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