The EU Treaty's Flying Circus
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Though European leaders are about to sign a new treaty, the event has been dubbed a diplomatic vanity trip and an environmental extravagance
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EU leaders express measured approval for a new treaty, hammered out over two days of talks.
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The European Union ended two years of limbo at the weekend by agreeing new guidelines for the 27-member club&#39;s future and throwing off the shackles of the failed constitution.
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A European deal with Iran is approved, but some see its demands as too ambiguous.
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The European market rules will force deals to be made one country at a time.
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In ancient Rome, traitors were tossed off the city&#39;s Capitoline Hill. It is on that very site that 25 European leaders plan to sign the EU constitution on Friday - and they can only hope the document isn&#39;t destined for a similar, ignominious fate.
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Six Europeans give a wide range of views on the European Reform Treaty
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#39;s epic diplomatic battle with Poland may have clinched a treaty deal Saturday but her tactics also ruffled feathers among her European Union partners.
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At an historic ceremony in Rome on Friday, European leaders signed the treaty establishing the EU Constitution. Before it takes effect, however, the document must be ratified by all member states -- a process expected to take about two years.
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BBC News Online explains what the EU draft constitution is all about.
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"Europe can once again look forward to a period of strength and confidence."  German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed here on Wednesday the landmark treaty agreed by EU leaders last week, saying it shows the way forward for the 27-nation bloc. via China View
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European Union leaders signed the Treaty  of Lisbon on Thursday to reform the bloc's institutions.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The EU must not relent to the siren voices who oppose the territory's path to independence.
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Science & environment: Landmark agreement brings aviation into union's emissions trading scheme
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EU leaders have reached agreement with Poland on the outline of a new treaty to replace the bloc&#39;s failed constitution, several member states said as a summit moved into a third day Saturday.
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EU leaders are in Rome to sign a new treaty which sets up the first European constitution and expands the EU&#39;s powers and authority.
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EU leaders signed a historic constitution for the expanding bloc in a fanfare ceremony on the spot where the European Union's forerunner was born, although doubts remain over whether it will ever come into force.