Dutch government says no referendum on new EU treaty
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The Dutch government on Friday opposed holding a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.
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EU diplomats fail to persuade Poland to lift a veto on the start of talks on an EU-Russia co-operation pact.
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THE HAGUE Foreign Minister Ben Bot of the Netherlands, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, on Sunday criticized French and Austrian plans to hold referendums on Turkish membership in the EU, saying such moves could keep Turkey out
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The European Union rejected on Tuesday  a call by Iran to speed up talks on its disputed nuclear  program, insisting the pace of negotiations was right and that  the dialogue was on track.
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EU members Romania and Cyprus say they will not recognise a declaration of independence by Kosovo.
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The Dutch cabinet is due to meet to decide whether to hold a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty. Two of the three parties in the ruling coalition are opposed to a referendum, but a third, the Labour Party, is split over the issue. Dutch voters rejected the proposed European constitution in 2005, plunging the EU into a political crisis.
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Gordon Brown has rejected renewed calls from the Conservatives for a national vote on the new European treaty.  Your views?
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Britain signaled it won't meet demands to drop the long-standing reduction in its annual financial contribution to the European Union as ministers met Monday for a new round of budget talks.
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EU farm ministers failed on Monday to agree whether to allow new strains of genetically modified maize and potato, amid persisting divisions over biotech products.
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The new EU Commission won&#39;t be taking office next week as planned. Resistance from the European Parliament prompted President Jose Barroso to withdraw his proposal for a new executive.
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The question to be asked in the referendum on the EU constitution will be "Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union?", the Government said.
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A senior Palestinian official denied Wednesday that there is any new agreement reached with Israel on a comprehensive settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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EU farm ministers failed Monday to reach an agreement on allowing a new genetically modified potato on the market, leaving the decision by default to the European Commission, a diplomat said.
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The Dutch cabinet decides against holding a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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The European Union yesterday refused a Franco-German request to lift its arms embargo on China amid fierce disagreements over the country&#39;s human rights record and military ambitions.
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Leaders of the European Union's 27 nations gathered to discuss a new EU treaty Thursday, two years after French and Dutch voters rejected a draft constitution.
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The government has no plans to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, the foreign minister said here Thursday as a cross-party campaign kicked off in Britain to demand a vote on the document.