EU treaty 'same as constitution'
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The EU Reform Treaty is effectively the same as the rejected constitution, an architect of the constitution says.
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BBC News Online explains what the EU draft constitution is all about.
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ROME European leaders on Friday signed the EUâs 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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In a deal reached at 4:30 this morning, European Union leaders agreed to negotiate a treaty by the end of this year to replace the defunct constitution.
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Britain plans to hold its referendum on the new European Union (EU) constitution in March 2006, the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported Sunday.
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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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European Union leaders signed a new treaty on Thursday that would give the 27-nation bloc a long-term president and streamline its decision-making process.
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Leaders of the 27-nation European Union on Thursday signed a landmark treaty to revitalise decision-making after years of wrangling on how much power they are willing to hand over.
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Finland, current holder of the European Union presidency, has become the 16th member of the bloc to ratify the EU constitution which was thrown into doubt after referenda in France and the Netherlands last year put the document's implementation on hold.
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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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THE EU CONSTITUTION: The landmark document, achieved after 28 months of negotiation, aims to provide simpler voting rules to end gridlock in the European Union.
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1230CET--The Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi joined other European Union leaders in Rome and signed the new treaty which sets up the first European constitution.
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MADRID, Spain, NOV. 24, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The papal nuncio to the European Parliament doesn't have any reason "from the religious viewpoint" to say no to the Constitutional Treaty, even though the document ...
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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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It was reported Sunday that a British referendum on the European Union constitution will be held in March 2006.
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The ceremony to sign the European Union's first-ever constitution began, in the same hall in Rome where the 1957 pact which founded the EU's predecessor was agreed.
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Leaders of the 25-nation European Union today signed the bloc&#39;s new constitution in Rome, amid tight security around the city&#39;s historic center.