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Spain? Poland? Who needs 'em? Politesse kept European leaders from posing the question quite that way when they gathered in Brussels last weekend for a fractious, failed summit. But the sentiment was common enough.
At stake was the future of a new European constitution. Would the burgeoning European Union operate under rules that favor consensus or veto, action or inaction? The showdown has often been cast as a rivalry between the Big Four--Germany, France, Britain, Italy--and all the rest of Europe. But in practical terms, it's a contest between those who want to build the European Union and grow, and those who want to preserve a cumbersome, slow but ...
Source: HighBeam Research, The 'Awkward' Squad.