EU summit ends in failure

In addition, Poland, Spain, France and Germany, were not able to agree to a new division of influence and votes in the EU Council. "I asked the Polish Prime Minister whether he had any room to negotiate with regard to the Nice voting system. The answer was "No" so there was nothing more to discuss," said German Chancellor Gerhard Sch roeder. The impression of French President Jacques Chirac was similar. "We offered several solutions but they were rejected," said Prime Minister Miller. After the negotiations, Silvio Berlusconi promised to come up with a final compromise constitution. Instead, he announced that the discussion was over. "There was no time left" he said. "We could have discussed the issue for several days and nights but the final result would not be good," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1, Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.Z.