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EU Presidency:To Start Consultation On EU President Candidates

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the European Union presidency until the end of the year, will call "as soon as possible" a summit of EU top leaders to discuss the way forward and the name of a possible president for the EU, after Czech President signed the Lisbon Treaty.

"To finalize the Treaty preparations I will now begin name consultations. As soon as possible I will also call for an EU summit," Reinfeldt said Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the EU's Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the bloc's reform treaty to become law.

-By Alessandro Torello, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 2 741 14 88; alessandro.torello@dowjones.com

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