EU Leaders to Sign Constitution Today
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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 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 EU CONSTITUTION: The landmark document, achieved after 28 months of negotiation, aims to provide simpler voting rules to end gridlock in the European Union. It includes a charter of fundamental rights and ends national vetoes in 45 new policy areas.
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Cosmonauts are to carry a copy of the EU constitution into space, as EU leaders seek to raise its profile.
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EU leaders approved a new treaty early Friday to replace the aborted constitution, after overcoming last-ditch obstacles, the bloc's Portuguese presidency said.
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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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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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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 Anders Fogh Rasmussen is prepared to grant limited veto power to all parties behind a multiparty accord on the EU constitution - a move designed in large part to win the support of the left-wing ...
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Heads of state gather in Rome to sign the EU constitution, as a row over the new Commission continues.
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1230CET--The Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi joined other European Union leaders in Rome and signed the new treaty which sets up the first European constitution.
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Heads of State or government from 25 member states of the European Union (EU) signed the EU Constitution treaty, the bloc&#39;s first Constitution, at Campidoglio of Rome on Friday.
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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 Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to a summit meeting Monday.
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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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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.
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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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EU defense ministers will sign off today on plans to establish battle groups of troops poised for instant action in a significant move toward a European army.