French MPs back EU treaty
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The French parliament votes to approve a draft law approving the new EU reform treaty.
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France's opposition Socialist Party voted in favor of the European Union's proposed constitution, party leaders announced Thursday, a victory for the party's moderate, pro-European wing.
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The French parliament on Friday approved the European Union's new reform treaty, turning the page on the crisis sparked in 2005 when rebellious French voters shot down the EU's ill-fated constitution.
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The Swiss parliament has endorsed closer ties between Switzerland and the European Union.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, yesterday backed France&#39;s European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, and said he had no regrets over his handling of a dramatic showdown with MEPs last month.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Parliament gave its overwhelming endorsement to the European Union's first-ever constitution Wednesday and urged EU governments to quickly follow suit.
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The European Parliament backs a call for a ban on outdoor heaters as a measure against climate change.
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French critics and defenders of a ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on  Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two  French journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law scrapped.
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France&#39;s pro-European Socialists are jubilant after a party referendum on the EU constitution produced a solid majority for the treaty, boosting its chances to win approval in a national plebiscite next year.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had struck a deal on reforming the EU's institutions while Germany reported progress towards a treaty.
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France urged the international community on Friday to back a new national unity government formed by rival Palestinian factions and other EU countries were cautiously positive on the accord.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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New candidates for the reshuffled European Commission have won support from MEPs after grillings at the European Parliament.
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President Jacques Chirac promises the French they can vote on the EU constitution "before the summer".
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Sarkozy is ready to endorse Blair's demands in Europe - a move that may finally pave the way for agreement on replacing its constitution.
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Laws paving the way to a referendum on the EU constitution are backed by MPs despite Tory opposition.
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France's former prime minister Lionel Jospin entered the bitter debate in the opposition Socialist party over the EU's proposed constitutional treaty Wednesday, urging a vote in favour at a referendum planned ...