EU leaders to sign historic constitution
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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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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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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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EU leaders at a summit in Lisbon reach a deal on a landmark treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso is ready to sign-up to a new agreement expected to boost European Parliament power to hold the EU executive to account.
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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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BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (IPS) - Bleary-eyed European Union leaders agreed a  'reform treaty' for the 27-country bloc after a working  dinner in Lisbon continued until the early hours of the morning  Oct. 19. Yet despite suggestions that governments like those of  Poland and Britain had driven a hard bargain, sizeable chunks of  the text they signed up to are identical to the EU constitution  rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
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European Union leaders voiced relief at  clinching a deal on Friday on a treaty to reform the 27-nation  bloc's institutions, replacing a defunct constitution and  ending a two-year crisis of confidence in Europe's future.
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The signature ceremony for the European Constitution agreement and a final bill have been completed. Host country Italy&#39;s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, made a speech at the ceremony saying that October
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Europe's papers look ahead to today's signing of the new EU constitution in Rome
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Sealing ratification of an EU constitution and the question of terrorism will top the agenda when Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero welcomes French President Jacques Chirac and German ...
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STRASBOURG, France  - The European Parliament  overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's first constitution  Tuesday but the treaty will only come into force if all 25  member states ratify it, several by referendums.
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The prime minister of EU applicant Bulgaria signed Friday the European Constitution and said that meant his country was sure to join the 25-member bloc in a couple of years.
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At their summit in Brussels, EU leaders hope to agree on a slimmed-down version of their draft constitution, which was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. Here are some of the key elements of the charter and whether they are likely to be scrapped or salvaged under a new treaty:
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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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Twenty-five leaders representing all of the members of the newly expanded European Union on Friday signed the bloc&#39;s first-ever constitution, a document that aims to create a more federal-type government in Europe.
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THE European Union&#39;s heads of government last night signed Europe&#39;s first constitution, marking the start of a continent-wide, uphill battle to secure it popular acceptance among the 25 member states.