BBC: Germany has proposed to EU states that they should agree to drop the idea of a constitution when they meet at a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
The "constitutional concept... is abandoned", says a paper circulated by Germany, which will chair the summit.
The paper makes several concessions to EU member states opposed to key parts of the failed constitution.
But Poland and the UK are still warning they could use their vetoes if they do not get their way on a new treaty. EU to drop idea of constitution (more)
Mark Alexander
