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EU Leaders Divided Over Idea of Multi-speed Bloc

European leaders at a meeting Friday were divided over the idea of accepting a multi-speed Europe - threatening to deepen tensions at a Brussels summit later this month. At the meeting, Poland was the most vocal in its efforts to quash the concept. The idea of multi-speed allows some member states to go faster, or slower with European integration than others on certain policies and topics. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo accused French President Francois Hollande of trying to...

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