BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed at a summit on Friday to a deal on tackling climate change, an EU official said.

"There is an agreement on climate change," the official told Reuters.

Nine Eastern European countries were seen as the final main blockage to agreeing a package of measures aimed at fighing global warming but which will ramp up costs for their highly polluting coal-fired power sectors. (Reporting by Ingrid Melander; editing by Dale Hudson)

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