Belgian officials say they will not use the EU presidency to impose their will on others.
The remaining two months of the French EU presidency will test how lasting are Mr Sarkozy's consensus-building powers.
Ukraine is a long way from Spain, which holds the rotating EU presidency.
Facing growing unpopularity at home, he is back on the "moral capitalism" kick he evidenced when holding the EU presidency.
But France, which takes over the EU presidency next month, argues that the Irish No should not block ratification of Lisbon.
Earlier this year the German EU Presidency returned to the matter and hammered out a basic agreement at its June summit.
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias says reaching a deal on the EU's 2014-2020 budget will be a priority in Cyprus's six-month EU presidency.
She backed the appointment of relative lightweights for both the EU presidency and the foreign minister's job created by the Lisbon treaty.
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, also urged European leaders to find some ground for unity.
Opposition politicians and civil-society activists hoping that the forthcoming EU presidency would bring outside pressure to bear on Fidesz have been disappointed.
Since the Lisbon Treaty was adopted in 2009 he has acquired many of the powers previously held by the six-month rotating EU presidency.
The treaty was originally meant to come into force in January 2009, when France hands over the EU presidency to the Czech Republic.
All are areas on which previous occupants of the EU presidency have found it easier to talk the talk than walk the walk.
The President thanked President Zapatero for excellent cooperation during the Spanish EU presidency, particularly progress on counterterrorism and addressing the threat posed by Iran.
But when Mr Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, arrived in Dublin, he was carrying neither a big stick nor a magic wand.
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"There was nobody very hot about this, that's perfectly true, " Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country holds the EU Presidency, conceded after Monday's meeting.
Turkey does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus and is refusing to talk to the Cyprus EU presidency, preferring instead to deal with the European Commission.
Iceland could then become a formal candidate in late 2009, when Sweden (another ally) holds the rotating EU presidency, and a full EU member by 2011.
She attended a meeting of EU officials from countries affected in Brussels, which had been called by the Republic of Ireland which currently holds the EU presidency.
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However, The Exclusive says "Sierra Leone is blessed" to be a British "overseas territory" at a time when Britain chairs the G8 and holds the EU presidency.
Carl Bildt, the foreign minister of Sweden, which holds the EU presidency, said new proposals from the European Commission would be discussed by foreign ministers in October.
Already before taking over the EU presidency Mr Berlusconi had committed several big political gaffes, such as publicly claiming that European civilisation was "superior" to that of Islam.
Outgoing Prime Minister Jan Fischer took over in May 2009 after the Civic Democrat leader at the time, Mirek Topolanek, was ousted during the Czech Republic's EU presidency.
France, which hands over the rotating EU presidency to the Czech Republic in January, needs to win the Eastern states' support ahead of an EU summit on 11-12 December.
"We prefer voluntary readmission, but we also agree that we must reserve the right to compulsory repatriation, " Danish Immigration Minister Bertel Haarder, whose country holds the EU presidency, said.
The decision to meet followed a hectic round of consultations between Verhofstadt -- currently in the EU presidency and therefore chairing the summit -- and the fourteen other EU governments.
Meanwhile, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, has postponed a planned trip to Rome for a week, at Mr Berlusconi's request, diplomatic sources said.
Belgium, which current chairs the rotating EU presidency, has attempted to bring the warring factions to a compromise, but has been unable to restart negotiations ahead of the scheduled September 20 vote.
Verhofstadt, whose country holds the EU presidency, said he and Arafat had discussed "new minimal security measures" to calm the violence, according to Reuters, but he did not specify what they were.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said it was "the most complete agreement that the European Union has yet signed with a third country".
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