EU constitution on verge of collapse

  • 2003-12-04
  • By Jitendra Joshi, AFP
NAPLES - The European Union struggled Nov. 29 to overcome big divisions at constitutional talks that left a leaders' summit in two weeks facing an uphill task to finalize the historic document.EU foreign ministers ended two days of talks with lots of ideas in the air but little on the table, as diplomats said the bloc's Italian presidency would keep its cards close to its chest until the summit.The constitution is supposed to overhaul the EU's creaking institutions to get the bloc in shape for the entry of 10 more member states in May of next year. But major divisions were left exposed by t...
 
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