Articles in this set

• Emergency bid to find common climate position

  EU struggles to agree over climate change while Czech threats continue to loom over Lisbon treaty.
  

• Resolving Czech treaty woes

  Leaders to discuss treaty over dinner at summit.
  

• Connie Hedegaard called to Brussels to brief the EPP

  Danish climate minister summoned to brief centre-right leaders on climate-change talks.
  

• Klaus says he 'will sign' the Lisbon treaty

  Czech president has given the Czech prime minister a conditional assurance that he will sign the Lisbon treaty.
  

• Czech court postpones Lisbon treaty ruling

  The Czech Republic's constitutional court says it will postpone hearing until next week.
  

• Diplomatic service and Lisbon on summit agenda

  EU leaders set to endorse the broad outlines of future EU diplomatic service.
  

• EU to finalise climate change position

  EU leaders enter summit divided on aid to help developing countries adapt to climate change and on tactics in UN talks.
  

• Klaus issue relegates EU jobs debate

  EU leaders will focus on resolving response to Czech president's demands before talking about implementation of Lisbon treaty.
  

• Council president should be 'consensus builder'

  The Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian prime ministers set out profile of a Council president with whom they would like to work.
  

• Buzek calls for woman to be Council president

  European Parliament president says finding a female candidate would be ‘easy'.
  

• Klaus gets opt-out

  EU leaders have accepted Czech president's precondition for signing the Lisbon treaty.
  

• Top EU jobs left undecided

  Socialists concede Council president to the centre-right and shift focus to foreign policy chief.
  

• Deadlock over climate-change money

  EU leaders struggle to agree on how much the bloc should pay towards curbs climate change.
  

• European Council settles on climate change figures

  EU says developing countries will need €100bn a year, with €22bn-€50bn coming from public sources.
  

• Franco-Italian call for ‘regular' deportations goes unheeded

  EU leaders back closer co-operation with Libya on immigration, but reject French and Italian call for regular EU-funded deportations.
  

• Denmark to review opt-outs

  Prime minister signals wish for deeper integration with the rest of the EU.
  

• Carbon credit compromise struck

  EU leaders make compromise on surplus carbon credits ahead of UN climate summit.
  

• Blair's EU presidency hopes fade

  Formal discussions about first EU president are still pending, but Schüssel and Balkenende emerge from EU summit with higher profiles.
  

• EU leaders approve outlines of diplomatic service

  Task of drafting detailed proposals will be left to the EU's new foreign policy chief.
  

European Council, 29-30 October 2009