European Union leaders clinched agreement on a detailed mandate for a new treaty to overhaul the 27-nation bloc after persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed their summit. The leaders on Saturday (June 23) endorsed a negotiating mandate and the convening of an Inter-Governmental Conference for a reform treaty to replace the EU constitution rejected in 2005 by French and Dutch voters. The leaders agreed to negotiate a reform treaty by the end of this year, to be ratified by mid-2009, replacing the EU constitution rejected in 2005 by French and Dutch voters. The deal, reached at 4:30 a.m. (0230 GMT) after a marathon wrangle, could relaunch the political integration of Europe after two years of gloom and introspection. "It did last for a long time and I am sure it can be subject to some critics but what counts for me, what counts for us is that we are moving out of stopage, out of reflection, we have began to move, we have a very detailed and very clear mandate...
European Union leaders meet in Brussels to discuss ways of keeping to Co2 emission reduction pledges at a time of economic turmoil. European Union leaders agreed on Friday (March 14) that the risk...
European Union leaders paid tribute to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday (June 21) as they faced a showdown at his last summit over efforts to reform the bloc's creaking institutions....
Merkel and Sarkozy agree on joint proposal to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars as French President calls high oil price "shock" to Europe, world economy. French President Nicolas...
European Union leaders meet to agree a timetable for action on tackling climate change. The EU sees itself as a world leader in the fight against global warming after member states agreed last year...
Thousands of Iranians in exile cheer the leader of an Iranian resistance group calling on the EU to take them off the terrorist black list, but also asking European leaders to take tougher action...
A decade after the Ottawa treaty that banned landmines, almost 50 governments met in the Norwegian capital on Thursday (February 22) to lay the groundwork for a new international pact to ban...
With oil imports hit by the latest energy dispute involving Russia, Brussels on Wednesday (January 10) laid out a vision of a common energy policy for the 27-nation bloc that would also seek to...
European Union leaders convened in Brussels Monday to re-evaluate Russia's ties to the region in the wake of its conflict with the former Soviet republic of Georgia. During the four-hour...
United Nations Security Council meets for an emergency session but fails to agree on a statement calling for a halt in fighting in Georgia's South Ossetia region. The European Commission expresses...
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