EU summit delayed to ‘finalise strategy’

NEXT week’s summit of EU leaders has been postponed for a week as France and Germany desperately try to agree a way of refinancing banks.

Meanwhile, the Government has admitted a referendum to change the Lisbon Treaty would be “very difficult” to pass.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny meets Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Thursday and is expected to reiterate his opposition to any treaty change.