EU treaty referendum is ruled out
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Downing Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum
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PARIS, June 23 -- A squabbling European Union has given up hope for a constitution, agreeing instead Saturday to peddle a watered down treaty to its 27 capitals in hopes of ending a two-year stalemate that has hobbled one of the world's most potent economic and diplomatic blocs.
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Raimundas Lopata, the head of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius, says that there is no need to call a referendum on the European Union Constitution in Lithuania as this ...
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Tony Blair has signed the new EU constitution as Foreign Secretary Jack Straw indicated any referendum on the treaty will not be held until 2006.
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The British government is trying to move on to look beyond the new EU treaty in an attempt to undermine arguments for a referendum, says the BBC's Paul Reynolds
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Incoming President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso decided here Wednesday to postpone putting his team to the vote by the European Parliament (EP).
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The new EU treaty is different in 'absolute essence' from the rejected constitution, the foreign secretary, David Miliband insisted today, as he reiterated that Britain's 'key national interests' had been protected.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19  (IPS) - The European Union has rejected calls by West  African states to postpone the end-of-year deadline for  concluding a free trade agreement.
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EU member states postpone a vote on whether to impose import tariffs on shoes from China and Vietnam.
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Â· Some states 'in denial' over constitution  Â· Barroso rejects Ã  la carte Europe of exemptions
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European Union foreign ministers ended talks late Sunday aimed at overcoming major obstacles to a new treaty of reforms, without making any clear breakthrough.
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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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The Dutch cabinet decides against holding a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair should be kept out of Britain's referendum campaign for the European Union constitution if the Labour government wants to win it, according to a poll.
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ATHENS  - The government said Friday it would block neighbouring Macedonia from joining NATO or the European Union unless a name dispute with the Balkan republic is resolved.
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Dutch Labour MPs decide not to back calls for a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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A U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future was set aside Friday in the face of a possible Russian veto, with its U.S. and European Union supporters opting instead to pursue negotiations outside the council.