Zapatero, Schroeder drive home EU constitution message
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder urged voters here to approve the proposed European Union constitution in Spain's weekend referendum.
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MEPs call on EU member states to hold simultaneous referendums on the new European Constitution.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his Dutch counterpart, Jan Peter Balkenende, called for a clear signal for Turkey&#39;s accession to the European Union (EU) at Friday&#39;s EU summit.
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THE EU CONSTITUTION: The landmark document, achieved after 28 months of negotiation, aims to provide simpler voting rules to end gridlock in the European Union. It includes a charter of fundamental rights and ends national vetoes in 45 new policy areas.
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European Union leaders agreed early Saturday on guidelines for drafting a new EU treaty to replace the bloc's aborted EU constitution, officials said.
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Former French president and co-author of the EU constitutional blueprint Valery Giscard d'Estaing on Monday called for Spaniards to turn out in force when they become the first country to hold a popular vote on ...
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European Union leaders voiced relief at  clinching a deal on Friday on a treaty to reform the 27-nation  bloc's institutions, replacing a defunct constitution and  ending a two-year crisis of confidence in Europe's future.
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European leaders on Friday signed the EU's first constitution, a diplomatic triumph they hope will give the union a sharper international profile and speed up decision-making in a club now embracing 25 nations.
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"They handled the Poles well but they probably underestimated the damage done in Poland by the Schroeder government."  May replace failed EU constitution UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL BRUSSELS -- Germany ends its presidency of the European Union with a major achievement in the agreement on a new treaty to replace the failed ... via World Peace Herald
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1230CET--The Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi joined other European Union leaders in Rome and signed the new treaty which sets up the first European constitution.
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Heads of State or government from 25 member states of the European Union (EU) signed the EU Constitution treaty, the bloc&#39;s first Constitution, at Campidoglio of Rome on Friday.
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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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PRAGUE- President Vaclav Klaus is afraid that the public may mistakes the referendum on the European constitution with the previous plebiscite, on the Czech Republic's EU admission, Klaus told the daily ...
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Twenty-five leaders representing all of the members of the newly expanded European Union on Friday signed the bloc&#39;s first-ever constitution, a document that aims to create a more federal-type government in Europe.
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Germany wants to be the first country in the EU to ratify the bloc's new constitution - and that probably means without a referendum.
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European leaders on Friday hailed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free travel zone to nine mostly ex-East Bloc nations as a landmark moment for the continent's integration.
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European leaders on Friday tried to revive efforts to adopt the proposed European Union constitution, which many declared dead last year after it was rejected by voters in France and the Netherlands.