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Post-war events intrude upon EU summit

Source: EU Observer
Brussels : Belgium | about 1 month ago  
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  • Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives at the EU council ...
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  • Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
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  • Cyprus' President Demetris Christofia arrives at the EU council headquarters on the last day of a European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels
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  • Ireland's Prime Minister Cowen arrives at the EU council headquarters on the last day of a European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels
    Ireland's Prime Minister Cowen arrives at the EU council headquarters ...
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  • Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at the EU council ...
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  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov arrives at the EU council ...
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  • Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at the EU council ...
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  • Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives at the EU council ...
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  • France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of a European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) arrives at the EU council ...
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  • France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels
    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the EU council ...
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  • The EU is keen to enter international climate talks in Copenhagen with a unified voice
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  • German Chancellor Merkel greets French President Sarkozy during an EU leaders summit in Brussels
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  • Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at the EU council headquaters on the last day of a European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels
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  • Hungary's Prime Minister Bajnai speaks in front of the logo of a joint EU presidency together with Belgium and Spain presented today in Brussels
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  • France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the EU council headquaters on the last day of a European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels
    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the EU council ...
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  • Poland's Prime Minister Tusk talks to reporters after a meeting of the Visegrad Four ahead of a EU summit in Brussels
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  • European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels
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  • Sweden's Prime Minister Reinfeldt arrives at a meeting of the European People Party (EPP) ahead of a two-day European Summit in Brussels
    Sweden's Prime Minister Reinfeldt arrives at a meeting of the European ...
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  • Luxembourg's Prime Minister Juncker arrives at a meeting of the European People Party (EPP) ahead of a two-day European Summit in Brussels
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  • Ireland's Prime Minister Cowen and Finland's Prime Minister Vanhanen attend a European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels
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  • German Chancellor Merkel arrives at a meeting of the European People Party (EPP) ahead of a two-day European Summit in Brussels
    German Chancellor Merkel arrives at a meeting of the European People ...
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  • Belgium's Prime Minister Van Rompuy speaks in front of the logo of a joint EU presidency together with Belgium and Hungary presented today in Brussels
    Belgium's Prime Minister Van Rompuy speaks in front of the logo of a ...
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  • EU leaders attend a meeting of the European People Party (EPP) ahead of a two-day European Summit in Brussels
    EU leaders attend a meeting of the European People Party (EPP) ahead ...
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  • European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attends a news conference following the tripartite social summit in Brussels
    European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attends a news ...
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  • Belgium's Prime Minister Van Rompuy speaks in front of the logo of a joint EU presidency together with Spain and Hungary presented today in Brussels
    Belgium's Prime Minister Van Rompuy speaks in front of the logo of a ...
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  • Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero speaks in front of the logo of a joint EU presidency in Brussels
    Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero speaks in front of the logo ...
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  • Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero speaks in front the logo of a joint EU presidency in Brussels
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  • Belgium's PM Van Rompuy, his Spanish counterpart Zapatero and Hungary's PM Bajnai shake hands after a meeting ahead of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels
    Belgium's PM Van Rompuy, his Spanish counterpart Zapatero and Hungary'...
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  • Slovenia's Prime Minister Pahor, Hungary's Prime Minister Bajnai and Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero pose for a group photo at meeting of PES ahead of a EU summit in Brussels
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  • Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero looks at the logo of a joint EU presidency in Brussels
    Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero looks at the logo of a joint ...
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  • Environmental activists from Europe and Africa protest outside a EU leaders summit in Brussels
    Environmental activists from Europe and Africa protest outside a EU ...
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Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives at the EU council ...
Mr Klaus said he feared the charter would expose the country to property claims by ethnic Germans and Hungarians expelled after World War II from the then Czechoslovakia, under the so-called Benes Decrees. The reference to the still-emotive issue prompted a flurry of diplomatic activity on the part...
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