Portugal says reform treaty main EU presidency challenge
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Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Wednesday that it was too early to decide whether the new European Union treaty should be submitted to a referendum in his country.
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The incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is in a race against time to revamp his team of Commissioners, amid warnings that his own job could be on the line if he fails to pull off a swift deal.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Britain that it risks damaging its own interests if it blocks a deal on a revamped EU constitution, in an interview published Friday.
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BRUSSELS -- Germany, which holds the EU presidency, proposed yesterday that negotiations be launched on a treaty to reform European Union institutions without Poland's assent unless Warsaw accepted a compromise deal.
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The controversial EU constitution is set to be the main focus on the final day of talks at a summit in Brussels.
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Fresh from ending a decade-long institutional stalemate with a new reform treaty, EU leaders will turn on Friday to the "real world" challenges of globalization, immigration and tensions in the Balkans.
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Portugal braces for strikes as unions protest against reforms aimed at making the economy more competitive.
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The European Union is to launch talks on drafting a new treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown over a bid to overhaul the bloc's institutions at a summit starting on Thursday although chances for a deal seemed to be growing after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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New Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told Europe's top human rights body Tuesday that his nation would push through democratic reforms to prepare itself for a bid to gain membership in the European Union.
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EU leaders approved a new treaty early Friday to replace the aborted constitution, after overcoming last-ditch obstacles, the bloc's Portuguese presidency said.
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The European Union's bid to become the world's most competitive economy will remain a distant vision so long as its 25 member states undertake reforms at a &quot;snail's pace&quot;, a top business leader was to warn.
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The European Commission has decided to block a deal to combine Portugal's main power and gas groups because of competition concerns, national news agency Lusa quoted economy minister Alvaro Barreto as saying.
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EU leaders are set to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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EU leaders prepare for a second day of tough talks on reforming the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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European Union leaders will sign the 'Treaty of Lisbon' on Thursday to modernize the bloc's institutions and put behind them a difficult reform process that has lasted nearly a decade.
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The EU can turn to new priorities such as globalisation after agreeing a new reform treaty, its leaders said Friday, but thoughts were also on the potentially tricky topic of ratification.