UK argues for EU constitution
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Jack Straw makes the "patriotic case" for the EU constitution as a bill on a referendum is published.
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The 25 European Union leaders on Friday signed the EU&#39;s first constitution that aims to boost the union&#39;s presence on the world stage but will face a tough ratification test at the hands of European parliaments and voters before it can take effect.
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Leaders of the European Union's 27 nations gathered to discuss a new EU treaty Thursday, two years after French and Dutch voters rejected a draft constitution.
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What promises to be a long and bruising public relations battle ahead of Britain's panned referendum on the EU constitution began in earnest with the release of the first in a series of government missives ...
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Jack Straw says the UK is likely to hold a vote on the EU constitution early in 2006, as Tony Blair prepares to sign up to it.
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Big battles await the EU constitution in many of the 25 countries where it must be ratified, writes the BBC's William Horsley.
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PRAGUE- EU institutions view the Czech Republic as a country posing "a risk" to the EU Constitution's future, as there exist fears in Brussels that the Czechs could reject the document, former Czech EU ...
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: The issue is not whether the Brussels treaty is good or bad for Britain, but that the country deserves a referendum.
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Germany could hold a referendum to approve the European Union&#39;s new constitution if changes can be made to its own basic law in time for such a vote, a government spokesman said Monday.
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A referendum would be "inevitable" if an overhaul of Britain's constitution goes ahead, a minister has said.
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European leaders on Friday tried to revive efforts to adopt the proposed European Union constitution, which many declared dead last year after it was rejected by voters in France and the Netherlands.
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The British government is trying to move on to look beyond the new EU treaty in an attempt to undermine arguments for a referendum, says the BBC's Paul Reynolds
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he hopes the imminent signing of the new European Union treaty would shift the bloc's focus away from an "institutional debate".
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Parts of the Lisbon Treaty, signed by Gordon Brown, are the same as the abandoned EU Constitution, MPs say.
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The Tories urge Gordon Brown to "trust the people" by holding a referendum on a new EU treaty.
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Gordon Brown has rejected renewed calls from the Conservatives for a national vote on the new European treaty.  Your views?
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown proposed sweeping changes to the way Britain is governed Tuesday, including moves towards a written constitution and changing the way it decides on going to war.