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| EU leaders agree on reform treaty | EU leaders agree on reform treaty |
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| EU leaders in Brussels have reached agreement on an outline of new rules for the 27-member bloc after two days of tough negotiations, officials say. | EU leaders in Brussels have reached agreement on an outline of new rules for the 27-member bloc after two days of tough negotiations, officials say. |
| Compromise over a new voting system - to which Poland objected - was struck, removing a major obstacle to a deal. | |
| Warsaw had rejected previous proposals as giving too much weight to the bloc's larger members, including Germany. | Warsaw had rejected previous proposals as giving too much weight to the bloc's larger members, including Germany. |
| The treaty is planned to replace the failed EU constitution, which was rejected by voters in 2005. | |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that "we have a detailed and clear mandate for an IGC [inter-governmental conference]" which will draft the actual treaty. | |
| "We are very, very satisfied with what we have been able to conclude." | |
| Ms Merkel said it had not been easy but in the end everyone had made concessions. |