EUROPEAN UNION: MEMBER STATES CAUTIOUS ON THE FORMULATION OF THE LAEKEN =DECLARATION.

The General Affairs Council, on the basis of a new contribution (a =non-paper) from the Presidency, on November 19 carried on its =preparatory work for the Laeken Declaration on the future of the EU that =should be adopted during the European Council of December 14 and 15. =While the overall structure of the text was well received by the Member =States, a large majority questioned the desire of the Presidency to =define too precisely the...