German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) talks with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor (R) and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (L) during the second-day meeting of the EU summit at EU headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on December 11, 2009. [Xinhua]

Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before the start of the second-day meeting of the EU summit at EU headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on December 11, 2009. [Xinhua]