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EU leaders seek unity as UK heads for the door

Leaders put aside their divisive rhetoric to find common ground to keep the bloc from unravelling

Published Mon, Mar 13, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Brussels

    LEADERS of the European Union agreed on the outlines on Friday of a common accord to rally popular and political support for a bloc racked with division and self-doubt in the wake of Britain's vote to leave.

    At a summit in Brussels, diplomats said the 27 leaders tried to put behind them a furious row with Poland that had disrupted proceedings the previous day and handed guidelines to their staff to prepare a solemn declaration of unity which they will all sign in Rome on the bloc's 60th birthday in two weeks' time.

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