Poland softens stance on EU treaty talks
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Poland on Friday held out the possibility it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty next week, saying compromise was closer after lobbying by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try and defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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The European Union opened summit talks  with Russia in disarray on Friday after Poland vetoed talks on  a partnership pact.
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European Union leaders faced a showdown at a summit on Thursday over efforts to reform the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement seemed to rise after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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Western nations softened a draft resolution to back U.N. plans for a future Kosovo state, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of a veto unless there were radical changes.
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Poland appears unwilling to accept a  German-led deal to revive the EU&#39;s stalled constitution and may  prefer to wait until after Germany&#39;s presidency of the bloc to  decide the charter&#39;s future, Austria&#39;s chancellor said.
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European Union leaders clinched agreement on Saturday on a mandate to overhaul the 27-nation bloc after persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed a marathon summit.
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The European Commission warned Poland on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week, but Warsaw vowed to fight on.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday he feared there may be no compromise at a European Union summit on a treaty to reform the bloc's institutions.
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EU leaders have reached agreement with Poland on the outline of a new treaty to replace the bloc&#39;s failed constitution, several member states said as a summit moved into a third day Saturday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled on Friday to break Poland's resistance to a new treaty to reform and strengthen the European Union as it takes on new global challenges.
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EU-Russia summit to begin in Helsinki but a Polish veto means talks on a strategic partnership will not happen.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and  French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought on Friday to persuade  Poland to compromise over a new treaty to govern the European  Union but made little progress.
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The European Commission warned Poland  on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal  to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week,  but Warsaw vowed to fight on ruthlessly.
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By RAF CASERT  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union said Wednesday it has given Poland a week to stop work on a highway running through a protected habitat in a test case of how new EU member states deal with environmental issues.
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Poland hinted on Friday it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty while Germany piled on more pressure for agreement at next week's summit.
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EU president Germany proposed on  Friday launching negotiations on a treaty to reform European  Union institutions without Poland&#39;s assent unless Warsaw  accepted a compromise deal on the voting system.