German EU referendum dilemma
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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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Who says the European Union is undemocratic? Its citizens will have the chance to vote for the design of the new two-euro coin
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Germany seems to have put defence of national interests in the Airbus crisis before its policy of urging Europeans to create cross-border champions, and to have done so with success.Comment
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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The threat of a constitutional crisis hangs over the EU as MEPs vote on whether to veto the new commission.
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Angela Merkel and Jacques Chirac meet informally every two months The EU's Enlargement Commissioner, Olli Rehn, has urged Germany and France not to step up the pressure on Turkey over its membership bid.Comment
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It is not yet clear whether voters in Portugal will have their say on the European Constitution.
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The breakaway region of Trans-Dniester goes to the polls in a referendum that may decide its future.
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Plans to end subsidies for coal mining in Germany are under threat after a dispute over the timetable for the move.
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Proposals for EU-wide penalties for counterfeiting face a key vote in the European parliament.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on efforts to avoid more referendums on the European constitution or any treaty that replaces it.
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The BBC's Mark Mardell examines the UK debate on the EU Constitution, with PM Tony Blair facing a determined No campaign.
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Members of Germany's opposition Green party instructed their leaders at a party congress over the weekend to withdraw their support for the German military engagement in Afghanistan.While the decision cannot actually affect Germany's current foreign policy -- since Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government does not need opposition votes for a renewal of the troop's mandate next month -- it is indicative of the deep split which has developed within the Greens.
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MEPs call on EU member states to hold simultaneous referendums on the new European Constitution.
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The UK may hold a referendum on the European Union&#39;s constitution in early 2006, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said before the treaty&#39;s signing in Rome.
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By Mark Turner at the United Nations and Hugh Williamson in,Berlin. Germany and Japan yesterday indicated their willingness to sacrifice veto rights in return for winning permanent seats on the United Nations