Lisbon Treaty and Climate Top the Agenda at EU Summit

(30 Oct 09 - RV) The European Union reached a deal yesterday at a summit in Brussels that opens the way to the ratification of the Lisbon treaty.
Leaders of the 27-nation block agreed on the wording of a deal to persuade the Czech President to ratify the treaty which would reform the EU's top institutions.
Meanwhile, in the EU wants to give 100 billion euro a year to poor countries until 2020 in the framework of a draft document for the upcoming Copenhagan conference on climate change.
Blandine Bouniol is the Caritas Europa Policy officer for international cooperation.
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