Spiegel Online: Merkel's Two Front Battle: Blair Taking a Tough Line on the EU Treaty

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Merkel's Two Front Battle: Blair Taking a Tough Line on the EU Treaty

Two days before the crucial summit on the EU treaty to replace the stalled constitution, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is digging in his heels. Britain, he says, will not give up any sovereignity. But he may be making life difficult for his successor.While Europe focuses on Warsaw's intransigence over the new draft treaty to replace the failed European Union constitution, another source of dissent is coming from the other end of Europe. Britain continues to say that it is willing to block any treaty that smacks too much of a constitution and that transfers too much power to Brussels.