EU to drop idea of constitution
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Germany makes concessions to countries opposed to the EU constitution, on the eve of a key summit.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on efforts to avoid more referendums on the European constitution or any treaty that replaces it.
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BRUSSELS (Deutsche Welle) - The Dutch government has opposed holding a referendum on a new European Union constitutional treaty. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said: "A referendum is unnecessary and undesirable."  But, the Dutch cabinet also said it would take its decision to parliament, where many legislators favor a vote among the public.  In 2005, voters in the Netherlands and France rejected a new EU constitution in referendums, plunging the EU into a major political crisis.
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ROME -- European Union leaders on Friday signed the EU&#39;s first constitution, an ambitious charter that aims to raise the union&#39;s profile on the world stage.
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[JURIST] BBC News is reporting that incoming EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has withdrawn his proposed slate of Commissioners from consideration by the European Parliament after a dispute over the inclusion of controversial Justice portfolio
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ROME : EU leaders signed a historic constitution for the expanding bloc in a fanfare ceremony on the spot where the European Union&#39;s forerunner was born, although doubts remain over whether it will ever come into force.
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Finland becomes the latest country to ratify the European constitution, as its EU presidency draws to a close.
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ROME, October 29 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Leaders of the European Union (EU) signed Friday, October 29, a historic constitution for the expanding bloc in a fanfare ceremony on the spot where the EU was born half a century ago, but doubts remain
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The European Union is abandoning plans to force Britain to phase out the imperial measurement system.
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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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The European Union's first constitution was signed by EU leaders Friday in Rome. To take effect in 2007, it must be ratified by all 25 EU parliaments and the European Parliament. At least nine EU nations plan to put the charter to a referendum.
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Cabinet has approved the text of the European Constitution.
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The European Parliament is expected to endorse the proposed European Constitution in a vote in Wednesday.
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The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over
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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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It was reported Sunday that a British referendum on the European Union constitution will be held in March 2006.
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LONDON, Oct 19 (IPS) - The European constitution emerged as a less   emotive but more immediate issue than Iraq during the three-day  European  Social Forum that concluded in London last weekend.