EU constitution summit ends in 'failure'

We have the Polish and the Spanish to thank for this:

The talks were deadlocked by Poland and Spain's refusal to surrender voting rights secured at a summit in Nice three years ago.

Good for them, working in their national interests and what have you. Naturally, for doing so they have been criticized by Germany and France who are very protective of their pet project.

By the way, when I first went to the story page on the BBC web site it ended with a little report about how a car ran through roadblocks outside the summit after committing some crime (robbery I think). Police opened fire on the car and later made arrests at a hospital where one man was being treated for gunshot wounds. This bit was removed from the summit story, I know not why.

Posted by JohnJo at December 13, 2003 02:38 PM | TrackBack