Finland ratifies EU constitution
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Finland becomes the latest country to ratify the European constitution, as its EU presidency draws to a close.
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PRAGUE- Prime Minister Stanislav Gross firmly believes that the European constitution will strengthen the position of the Czech Republic in the European Union, he told after a meeting with Luxembourg's Prime ...
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ROME - European Union (EU) leaders are gathering in Rome to sign a historic first-ever constitution, designed to provide the bloc&#39;s framework following its biggest expansion in its half-century history.
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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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Finland's Speaker of Parliament Paavo Lipponen (SDP), who served as Prime Minister during eight of the ten years that Finland has been a member of the European Union, feels that the period of Finnish EU ...
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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.
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Finland supports Russia's quest for its citizens to have easier access to all European Union countries, Finnish President Tarja Halonen said Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Parliament gave its overwhelming endorsement to the European Union's first-ever constitution Wednesday and urged EU governments to quickly follow suit.
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The European Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's first constitution Tuesday but the treaty will only come into force if all 25 member states ratify it, several by referendums.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (IPS) - Bleary-eyed European Union leaders agreed a  'reform treaty' for the 27-country bloc after a working  dinner in Lisbon continued until the early hours of the morning  Oct. 19. Yet despite suggestions that governments like those of  Poland and Britain had driven a hard bargain, sizeable chunks of  the text they signed up to are identical to the EU constitution  rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
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ROME, Italy -- European leaders on Friday signed the EU&#39;s first constitution, which is designed to give the union a sharper international profile and speed up decision-making in a club now embracing 25 nations.
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The leaders of the European Union&#39;s 25 member states gathered in Rome Friday to sign the new EU constitution. Later in the day the heads of state planned to return home to try
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European Union leaders signed the Treaty  of Lisbon on Thursday to reform the bloc's institutions.
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Slovenia's parliament ratified by an overwhelming majority the European Union constitution, becoming just the third country to approve the text as the bloc's newest members force the pace of ratification.
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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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BRUSSELS On Friday, Europe&#39;s leaders gathered in Rome to sign the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. This was a historic moment.
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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.