EU leaders descended on Lisbon Thursday seeking to approve a new treaty of reforms and end more than two years of political crisis, but with Poland talking tough over its lingering demands. The event marked personal landmarks for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, attending his first EU summit since succeeding Tony Blair, and French President Nicholas Sarkozy, who was set to hog the media spotlight after the official announcement of his separation from his wife Cecilia.
On the political front hopes were running high that the two-day summit, starting late Thursday, would put an end to the political stalemate that has gripped the European Union since French and Dutch voters rejected a proposed EU constitution in mid-2005.
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