A special European Union summit in Austria is due to end today after examining ways to make the Union more responsive to its citizens.

The summit in Poertschach has brought together the centre-left heads of government in France, Germany, Britain and Italy for the first time.

There have been calls for more devolution of decision-making, the lowering of interest rates and a public works programme to cut unemployment.

The BBC Europe Correspondent says the meeting is not expected to produce any concrete proposals and has been distracted by the Middle East peace talks and the crisis in Kosovo.