1.   It should do so again at Nice, agreeing to reforms that can set the stage for an ambitious enlargement.

2.   European Union foreign ministers failed Sunday to clear major deadlocks in their tortuous efforts to revamp the EU ahead of its most ambitious enlargement ever envisaged.

3.   European Union foreign ministers failed to break major deadlocks Sunday as they tried to revamp the EU ahead of its most ambitious enlargement ever envisaged.

4.   European Union foreign ministers tried Sunday to remove deadlocks in their debate on revaming the EU ahead of its ambitious enlargement.

5.   However, such declarations have done little to satisfy some quarters the EU is not falling behind in preparations for its most ambitious enlargement.

6.   While the EU leaders adopted a new EU treaty ahead of their most ambitious enlargement ever, they left unresolved a disagreement over reallocating votes in a bigger EU.