EU Leaders Revive Constitution Debate
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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.Comment
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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.
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European Union foreign ministers battled late Sunday to overcome major obstacles to sorely-needed reforms so EU leaders can draw up the outlines of a new treaty this week.
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LISBON - European Union leaders gathering here last night agreed on a treaty that they hoped would end the drift plaguing the bloc since the French and the Dutch rejected a European constitution two years ago.
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Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda and Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky have been trying hard to figure out when the Parliament will have time to discuss the first EU Constitution that Slovakia signed last ...
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European Union leaders agreed early Saturday on guidelines for drafting a new EU treaty to replace the bloc's aborted EU constitution, officials said.
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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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EU leaders meet in Brussels amid battles over a bid to create a European government with a permanent president and its own diplomatic corps.
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"Basically Poland got what it wanted"  European Union leaders endorsed a reform treaty Friday to replace their failed European constitution and give the 27-nation union a more influential say in world affairs, diplomats said.The new treaty will take effect in 2009 if it passes national parliamentary votes and referendums.'With this new treaty, Europe has overcome an impasse that lasted for several years,' said Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, who hosted the EU summit.'Europe has emerged stronger from this summit, stronger to face global issues, stronger to take its role in the world and also to increase confidence in our economy and in our citizens,' he told reporters. Read more
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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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European Union leaders on Friday agreed on a broad reform treaty to replace their failed European constitution and give the 27-nation union a more influential say in world affairs, diplomats said.
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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 launched a two-day summit Thursday with how to react to the return of US President George W. Bush for a second term dominating thinking.
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TO THE soothing strains of Enya and Beethovenâs Ode to Joy, leaders from the 25 states of the enlarged European Union put aside the turmoil over the new European Commission yesterday to sign the EUâs first constitution.
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European leaders have swiftly turned their attention to the tricky issue of ratifying the landmark EU reform treaty, after endorsing the text aimed at updating its creaking institutions.
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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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The 25 European Union leaders yesterday 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