Barroso to host special summit on EU constitution

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will host special closed-door talks with other EU leaders in Portugal next month on the European Union’s embattled constitutional project.

Commission spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen said Mr Barroso was organising two-day talks to take place May 12-13 in Sintra, on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.