UK 'prepared to block EU treaty'
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The UK will block any unsatisfactory EU treaty deal, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says.
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STRASBOURG: A majority of the European Parliament appeared Tuesday to be preparing to reject the incoming commission proposed by President-designate JosÃ© Manuel Barroso - the most serious rebellion against a new commission in the history of the European
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to call Monday for Britain to be "fully engaged" with the European Union so that it can influence economic reforms in the 27-nation bloc.
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Gordon Brown rejects calls from two trade unions for a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday ruled out a referendum on the new EU treaty, as Britain&#39;s best-selling newspaper said the country&#39;s future was at stake if there was no popular vote.
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The British 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.
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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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The EU parliament appears likely to reject incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso&#39;s choice of commissioners tomorrow after he refused to make concessions.
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Britain considers restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers as the nations prepare to join the EU.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Belgian counterpart sought Thursday to hammer out their differences over a new EU treaty, in the run-up to a crunch summit next month.
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Britain has warned fellow EU nations that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend a planned Europe-Africa summit if Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe does, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
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European Union foreign ministers gather Friday to assess whether the EU&#39;s new treaty of reforms can be finalised on time next month amid fears that Poland could block an agreement.
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Britain will be "weak and marginalized" within Europe if it fails to ratify the EU constitution in an expected 2006 referendum, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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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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European Union leaders struggled to narrow their differences on Thursday on a reform treaty for the 27-nation bloc and said it was too soon to tell whether they could reach a deal at a two-day summit.
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David Blunkett is set to back plans to work closely with other European Union states on asylum and immigration.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected Monday calls for a referendum on a new EU treaty agreed last week, saying it did not go as far as the bloc&#39;s doomed constitution which it replaced.