Brussels, 29/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - The tri-partite European Social Summit ended after lunch on Thursday 29 October 2009 with a statement that an over-arching negotiating mandate is required for the UN clime change talks in Copenhagen and a solution must be found in the near future to ensure that the Lisbon Treaty comes into force before the end of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU (31 December 2009). Europe is experiencing a serious financial and economic crisis and this is...