Majority of Czechs not interested in EU constitution: survey
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The European Union (EU) constitution is not well received in the Czech Republic as 86 percent of its people said they had no interest in it at all, according to results of a survey published on Thursday.
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At their summit in Brussels, EU leaders hope to agree on a slimmed-down version of their draft constitution, which was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. Here are some of the key elements of the charter and whether they are likely to be scrapped or salvaged under a new treaty:
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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.Comment
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Euroskeptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus has vetoed a law making his country a party to the European arrest warrant, Czech Television reported Tuesday.
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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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[World News]: Rome, Oct 29 : The 25 members states of the European Union (EU) signed the bloc&#39;s first constitution at a historic summit in Italy Friday, reports Xinhua.
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PRAGUE- The Czechs are averagely satisfied and happy within Europe, occupying the 18th position in an extensive study by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, carried by ...
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With less than a month to go before Spain holds the EU's first referendum on the European Constitution, not everyone is happy with the campaign.
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PRAGUE- Right-wing and left-wing extremists share opposition to the Czech Republic's EU accession, the effort to establish contacts abroad and have tendency toward militancy, according to an annual report, ...
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STRASBOURG, France  - The European Parliament  overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's first constitution  on Wednesday but the treaty will only come into force if all 25  member states ratify it, several by referendums.
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TROKAVEC, Czech Republic -- The push and pull of international tensions seem far removed from this forest village 45 miles southwest of Prague. Fewer than 100 people live here in masonry houses topped with orange tiles.
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Big business in Britain is against the new European Union constitution, a poll reported Tuesday.
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A total of 87 percent of members of the Czech senior opposition Social Democrats would like direct presidential elections to be introduced in the Czech Republic, CSSD chairman Jiri Paroubek told reporters ... via Prague Daily Monitor
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The Czech Republic's rightist minority government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim administration followed by early elections.Comment
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PRAGUE- Czechs and Slovaks have been more and more supporting their countries' independence, and their views of the arrangement of Czech-Slovak relations have profoundly changed over the past twelve years, a ...
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Chances of French ratification of the European Union's proposed constitution suffered a setback when former Socialist prime minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Laurent Fabius came out against it.
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It is not yet clear whether voters in Portugal will have their say on the European Constitution.