81.   Before the Italy meeting, Bush and Putin are to sign a new treaty in Moscow to cut nuclear warheads.

82.   Britain is opposed to an employment chapter in any new treaty, something many other nations want.

83.   Britain opposes an employment chapter in any new EU treaty, something many other nations want.

84.   Both sides failed to set a date for a sixth round of talks on the new treaty when EU Fisheries Commissioner Emma Bonino traveled to Rabat last weekend.

85.   British Prime Minister John Major immediately rejected the decision by the EU high court and threatened to veto any progress on a new EU treaty.

86.   BRUSSELS EU - European Union Foreign Ministers met to discuss a draft of a new EU treaty.

87.   Bush did not rule out a new treaty, although he clearly found it unnecessary.

88.   British officials will also continue negotiating the new treaty and making agreements.

89.   But Amsterdam, deciding on closer political ties under a new treaty, is imminent.

90.   But much sooner, the election winner will go to Amsterdam in mid-June for negotiations to conclude a new European Union treaty.