Brussels crisis to cloud EU constitution ceremony
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Europe's leaders gather in Rome on Friday to sign a historic constitution for the European Union (EU), but a crisis over the bloc's new executive Commission will only add to clouds over the ceremony.
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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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com European Bureau Chief. (Brussels) Embattled incoming European Justice Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has moved to head off a full scale crisis for the EU Parliament.
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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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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Britain that it risks damaging its own interests if it blocks a deal on a revamped EU constitution, in an interview published Friday.
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Italian carabinieri patrol Rome&#39;s Capitoline Hill square, designed by Michelangelo , Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, the night before the signing of the first ever EU Constitution.
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European Union leaders gather in Lisbon to sign a reform treaty designed to replace the ill-fated EU constitution.
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European Union leaders are preparing for a lavish ceremony to celebrate the signing of the new EU constitution. Heads of state from across the EU will be in Rome for the ceremony, to be held in the same room
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ROME, Italy -- European leaders on Friday signed the EU&#39;s first constitution, which is designed to give the union a sharper international profile and speed up decision-making in a club now embracing 25 nations.
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However, their celebration of unity has been marred by uncertainty over its ratification and turmoil over the stalled European Commission.
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Europe&#39;s leaders signed the EU&#39;s first constitution yesterday, setting aside fears that the document will be rejected by voters and celebrating a new chapter of integration with a lavish ceremony.
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BBC News Online explains what the EU draft constitution is all about.
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In ancient Rome, traitors were tossed off the city&#39;s Capitoline Hill. It is on that very site that 25 European leaders plan to sign the EU constitution on Friday - and they can only hope the document isn&#39;t destined for a similar, ignominious fate.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, president-designate of the European commission, has a crisis on his hands. The former Portuguese prime minister won plaudits in the summer for picking his Brussels team without bending to the will of powerful EU governments.
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PARIS Hopes for a quick resolution to the crisis in the European Union receded Thursday as the incoming commission president, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, acknowledged that he would have to make several changes to his team before seeking the blessing of
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The new European Constitution will tilt the balance away from the institutions to the individual, says the BBC's Jon Silverman.
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It was reported Sunday that a British referendum on the European Union constitution will be held in March 2006.