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Yet again, EU leaders fail to agree

The collapse of another EU summit marks a month of serial failure for Europe's leaders. Anoher summit in another three weeks already has diplomats, officials, and onlookers groaning in anticipation. 

By friday afternoon couldn't agree on whether to continue talking or return after christmas. The poles said talks would go on until late at night and on weekends. The Dutchman said that made no sense. 

But the British prime minister oozed schadenfreude with the result, received strong support from the Germans, the Dutch and the Scandinavians and looked pleased with the stalemate, portraying himself as the scourge of bloated Brussels, the guardian of the British and the European taxpayer.