Climate change and the Lisbon reform treaty are set to dominate a European Union summit opening later in Brussels. The bloc’s leaders will try to iron out their differences over how much each EU member should pay to help developing nations fight global warming. But Denmark expressed doubts that a binding deal could be reached at December’s Copenhagen Climate Summit. The Brussels meeting must also decide what to offer the Czech Republic, to complete the Lisbon ratification. Czech President Vaclav Klaus is the only EU leader who refuses to sign the treaty, demanding an opt-out from the treaty’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Eurosceptic Mr Klaus fears that charter could be used by ethnic… 
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