Dutch government says no referendum on new EU treaty
109331
The Dutch government on Friday opposed holding a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.
626957
The Irish Government distanced itself today from proposals for joint authority over Northern Ireland if the current rescue package fails.
91449
New elections are the only possible solution to the standoff in the Ukraine between rival candidates for the presidency, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday.
115602
The European Union has said it will not appeal a World Trade Organisation ruling that partially condemned the bloc for its moratorium on imports of genetically modified organisms.
87677
Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state.
270984
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday he feared there may be no compromise at a European Union summit on a treaty to reform the bloc's institutions.
304717
The British government says there is no reason why devolution cannot be restored to Northern Ireland.Comment
169846
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today signalled that the governmentâs promised referendum on the new European Constitution would not be held until early 2006.
301252
The French president is persuaded not to try to dilute EU competition law through the new EU treaty, the BBC learns.
507649
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 ...
147204
The 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.
609945
Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun  any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they  recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent  state.
635228
Britain and Poland pledge no surrender on key demands on a new treaty ahead of EU summit.
558203
Britain signaled it won't meet demands to drop the long-standing reduction in its annual financial contribution to the European Union as ministers met Monday for a new round of budget talks.
263543
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.
516293
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.
592161
EU ministers vow to go it alone on a major nuclear project if international partners do not join their camp.