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The Warsaw siren: Poland wants to guard the same high-level role it secured back in Nice (Photo: Wikipedia)

Poland fights to keep 'high-ranking' status in EU

With just three weeks before a decisive EU summit on ending the two-year constitutional deadlock, Poland is sticking to three demands – a new voting system, a clear list of exclusive national competencies and an energy solidarity clause - to be part of the deal.

"We want these issues to be included in the mandate for the intergovernmental conference [IGC]," Poland's permanent representative to the EU, Jan Tombinski, said on Tuesday (29 May), referring to the fact the 21 June summit is...

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The Warsaw siren: Poland wants to guard the same high-level role it secured back in Nice (Photo: Wikipedia)

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