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To be, or not to be in the EU In this edition of Utalk Thibault, from Lyon in France asks, “Can a member state leave the European Union and if so what are the consequences for it and the… 03/05/2012
Europe Weekly: Spain feels the pain Spain is once again in the frontline of the eurozone’s debt crisis. Despite some 5 million jobless, Madrid announced 27 billion euros of more severe budget… 30/03/2012
EU to let citizens propose policy Fancy shaping EU policy? Come April 1st, that should be possible under a new Brussels backed scheme. No, it’s no April Fool. Dubbed the European Citizen’s… 28/03/2012
Britain and the rest of the EU poles apart While not a total divorce the decision by Britain to go its own separate way clearly marks a fundamental split in the EU. If David Cameron was hoping for… 09/12/2011
Europe’s treaty nightmare In order to make sure greater fiscal discipline is set in stone, Germany and France want treaty change. That is what has to happen they argue, even if both… 08/12/2011
Europe Weekly: Ashton, Schengen and stress tests This week’s Europe Weekly review concentrates on the Schengen treaty and Denmark’s decision to re-impose its border restrictions. Such moves by member states… 13/05/2011
Consular protection for EU citizens The European Union treaties guarantee all EU citizens the right to equal protection, when travelling or living outside the EU and their own country is not… 07/04/2011
European Citizens’ Initiative The functioning of the European Citizens’ Initiative, introduced in the Lisbon Treaty, has now been defined. How will it work? 28/02/2011
National parliaments and the EU’s Lisbon Treaty The new Lisbon Treaty increases national parliaments’ involvement in the formation of European legislation. This has been hailed as a constructive novelty by… 18/12/2009
EU is seeking for Council President After the Irish ‘Yes’ on the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union is creeping closer to having a stable Council President. Former British prime minister Tony… 16/10/2009
EU Presidency slams “eurosceptic” BritainThe head of the rotating EU Presidency has rounded on Britain over its refusal to sign up to new tougher fiscal rules. Speaking in Strasbourg, the Polish… 14/12/2011
Opposition in Poland to EU’s new fiscal treatyEuro-sceptic Poles voice their opposition to closer European integration at a mass rally in central Warsaw. If Germany and France thought the UK was alone… 14/12/2011
Europe’s ’27 minus 1’ agreementNicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel dreamed of a new treaty creating economic unity, but as they failed to secure all 27 signatures, it will only be an… 12/12/2011
Failure to reach EU-wide accord on treaty changeAttempts among EU leaders to forge agreement among all 27 states on changing treaties to strengthen the euro zone appear to have failed. In the face of… 09/12/2011
EU Citizen’s Initiative to be in use by end 2011Last week the first million-signature citizen’s initiative was laid at Brussels’ doorstep, to lobby for a GM crops moratorium, but the official in charge said… 15/12/2010
EU at odds over its 2011 budgetMembers of the European Parliament have locked horns with EU governments over next year’s EU budget, which is drafted by the European Commission. At stake… 15/11/2010
EU sets sights on treaty changeIt is mission accomplished for Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor, backed by France, has won agreement from other European Union leaders to tweak their main… 30/10/2010
EU summit backs German-French call for treaty changeGermany has got what it wants: On the second day of their summit, the 27 EU leaders have already agreed in principle to back calls by Berlin and Paris to… 29/10/2010
Van Rompuy charged with changes to Lisbon TreatyThe man charged with amending the Lisbon Treaty is EU Council President Herman van Rompuy. He must now prepare a study of the consequences of a treaty… 29/10/2010
EU backs treaty changes to shore up fiscal defencesThe EU has agreed in principle to back calls by France and Germany to make slight amendments to the Lisbon Treaty, to tighten up the blocs defences against… 29/10/2010
Barroso gives EU “state of union” addressJose Manuel Barroso has called on EU countries to show solidarity in tackling Europe’s economic problems over the next year. “We either swim together, or sink… 07/09/2010
The European Citizens’ Initiative, giving citizens a chance to influence EU policyMore participative democracy is in store for the EU with the citizens’ initiative. Now that the practical aspects have been worked out, how can people think… 12/04/2010
EU citizens’ initiative ‘agenda-setting’ innovationEuronews asks one of the European Commission’s vice-presidents, Maros Sefcovic, about the Lisbon Treaty provision to boost the EU’s democratic credentials —… 30/03/2010
Test time for EU’s new Lisbon figuresThe first EU leaders’ Council summit to be held under the newly-approved Lisbon reform Treaty means adjusting to new ways of doing things. Finland’s foreign… 09/12/2009
EU’s Rompuy on tour, Ashton under fireHerman Van Rompuy is making the rounds of the EU capitals in his role as the European Council’s newly-appointed full-time president. The Belgian former prime… 02/12/2009
Lisbon Treaty launched with Joy and fadoThe Lisbon Treaty is finally in force. The European Union charter reforms the institutional machinery for the 27-nation bloc, aiming to make decision-making… 01/12/2009
Lisbon Treaty comes into forceEuropean politicians are celebrating the launch of a new way to manage the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty has come into force and EU leaders travelled… 01/12/2009
Interview: Portuguese Prime Minister José SócratesAt 52, José Sócrates has just been elected for a second time as Portugal’s prime minister. Despite the economic crisis Socrates remains confident that… 01/12/2009
New EU chapter begins as Lisbon Treaty takes effectThe EU’s Lisbon Treaty goes into force today. And at the Jeronimos Monastery in the Portuguese capital, where the document was signed, preparations for a… 01/12/2009
Lisbon Treaty opens a new chapter of EU historyYears in the making, the often controversial Lisbon reform treaty comes into force today, aiming to boost the European Union on the world stage by increasing… 01/12/2009
Lisbon Treaty, from signing to launchA stone plaque in Jeronimos Monastery in Portugal’s capital marks where the Lisbon Treaty was signed almost two years ago. For the leaders of the 27 European… 30/11/2009
Comic book insight into EU futureThere is nothing funny about these observations of European construction… Buildings, and who made them, and what they do to people… architecture as a social… 30/11/2009
UK eurosceptics say their doubts are realisticBritish pride in beer and democracy are examined here, as eurosceptics argue that the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty and other concoctions of Brussels’ making… 27/11/2009
Barroso names new EU commission teamEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced his new team of commissioners to steer the 27-nation bloc through the next five years: “I’m… 27/11/2009
EU citizens’ initiativeWhat’s new in the European Union’s Lisbon reform Treaty includes a citizens’ right to initiate specific legislation. How is that supposed to work? 23/11/2009
EU Swedish presidency favours top role for a womanThe 27 European Union leaders — overwhelmingly men, as any group photo shows — will gather for a special summit this week to appoint a new full-time president… 16/11/2009
Lisbon Treaty checks inThe EU’s controversial Lisbon Treaty has finally checked in. At a ceremony in Rome, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer handed his government’s approval of… 14/11/2009
Yes, Mrs President?Gender equality is being taken increasingly seriously in the hunt for a new European Union president. Ahead of next week’s summit to appoint the new full-time… 12/11/2009
Lisbon Treaty perceptions by ordinary EuropeansA lot has been said about EU institutional reform, but what does the Lisbon Treaty change for European Union citizens? How can they expect it to affect them… 04/11/2009
Cameron’s Lisbon climbdownBritain’s Conservatives have climbed down from a pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. Leader David Cameron says he can not now because it is… 04/11/2009
Klaus signs, Lisbon Treaty due Dec. 1With a heavy heart, Czech President Vaclav Klaus has finally signed the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty. He said that with its entry into force, the republic… 03/11/2009
Czechs complete Lisbon Treaty ratificationThe way is now cleared for a major revamping of the EU institutions to take form. This is aimed at improved decision-making in a union vastly expanded from… 03/11/2009
Klaus signs Lisbon at lastThe European Union’s Lisbon Treaty has received the final signature it needed to complete ratification. The Czech Republic’s President Vaclav Klaus has… 03/11/2009
Czech court clears way for Lisbon ratificationThe Czech constitutional court has thrown out a complaint against the Lisbon Treaty, removing the last obstacle to its ratification. It said the document was… 03/11/2009
EU eyes turn to Prague for treaty decisionThe Czech Republic court decision that could clear the way for the last signature on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty for institutional reform is due this… 02/11/2009
Klaus wins Lisbon Treaty concession for Czech RepublicVaclav Klaus, the Czech Republic President, who felt the Lisbon Treaty would infringe on EU member states’ sovereignty, has won the concession he demanded… 30/10/2009
EU summit to gauge price of climate changeTime to pay the price of climate change… that is the message EU leaders are getting as they gather in Brussels for a two-day summit. Deciding who picks up… 29/10/2009
Climate and Czech treaty talks to top EU summitEuropean leaders begin a two-day summit in Brussels today in an effort to prepare for the Copenhagen climate talks in December.They’ll discuss that and… 29/10/2009
Difficulties dog EU treaty to the lastProtesters in the Czech Republic have a week’s reprieve before discovering whether the Lisbon Treaty is to be ratified. The country’s Constitutional court… 28/10/2009
Czech court to give Lisbon treaty ruling nextUncertainty over the EU’s Lisbon Treaty is set to continue after the Czech Constitutional Court said it will not give its ruling on a complaint against the… 27/10/2009
Juncker ‘wouldn’t say no’ to EU presidencyAnother contender to lead the EU… Both Tony Blair and now Jean-Claude Juncker are considered as possible future European Union Presidents, once the Lisbon… 27/10/2009
Czech decision on Lisbon Treaty on November 3The Czech Constitutional Court is expected to give its ruling on a complaint about the Lisbon Treaty on November 3. There had been speculation the verdict… 27/10/2009
Lisbon treaty faces final legal hurdleThe Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court is to begin considering today what is likely to be the last legal objection to the EU’s Lisbon Treaty. 17… 27/10/2009
Klaus bends slightly on Lisbon TreatyEuropean officials are hopeful that an exit strategy may be forming to get out of the Lisbon Treaty impasse. Eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who has… 23/10/2009
Ex Czech president slams Klaus’ refusal over Lisbon“Dangerous and irresponsible” is how the former Czech president has described his successor’s refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Vaclav Havel also said… 15/10/2009
No way! Czech President digs in heels on EU treatyThe President of the Czech Republic says he will not drop his objections to the Lisbon treaty nor will he ratify it unless it is amended. Vaclav Klaus… 15/10/2009
Barroso presses Czech leader to sign Lisbon Treaty“Absurd and surreal.” That is how European Commission president José Manuel Barroso sees the notion of going through the Lisbon Treaty ratification process… 13/10/2009
Contemplating the next hurdle to the Lisbon TreatyThe Czech prime minister and the European Commission president will meet on Tuesday to swap ideas on how to push the Lisbon Treaty over the finish line… 12/10/2009
Poland ratifies EU Lisbon TreatyThe Polish president has ratified the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic as the only one of the bloc’s 27 members left to do so. Lech Kaczynski… 10/10/2009
26 down just one to go for the Lisbon TreatyPoland has now formally ratified the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic the only one of the bloc’s 27 members to do so. If and when… 10/10/2009
Klaus seeks WWII-linked opt-out from Lisbon TreatyCzech President Vaclav Klaus wants guarantees in the EU’s Lisbon reform Treaty to protect his country from post-war property claims. This emerged from a… 09/10/2009
Kaczynski to sign EU treaty this SaturdayConflicting reports continue to come out of Poland about when President Lech Kaczynski will put pen to paper to cap off his country’s Lisbon Treaty… 08/10/2009
Klaus, Buzek will discuss Lisbon Treaty this FridayVaclav Klaus finally picked up the phone. After days of trying, a top EU official has managed to get the Czech president to agree to a talk about putting his… 08/10/2009
Lisbon goes virtual; will Klaus face ‘reality’?Jan Fisher’s airplane had a breakdown, says the Czech Prime Minister’s office says, but that has not stopped him from conferring with senior EU officials in… 07/10/2009
How to acquire Klaus’s signature for Lisbon TreatyIreland has cleared it, now the pressure is on the Czech Republic to finish ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer will be in… 06/10/2009
Pressure on Czech and Polish leaders after Irish voteWith Ireland having made its voice loud and clear on the Lisbon Treaty, attention now switches to the Czech Republic and Poland, which have yet to ratify the… 04/10/2009
Lisbon treaty laggards: Poland eager, Czech Republic silentPoland hasn’t yet ratified the Lisbon treaty, but if the Prime Minister has his way, this omission will soon be rectified. Donald Tusk called on the… 03/10/2009
EU Treaty boost as Ireland votes yesOpinion polls had predicted a tight result in the referendum in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty. In the end the result was a landslide. The result not only… 03/10/2009
Ireland is the toast as “Yes” campaign celebrates in BrusselsIt was Guinness all round at Kitty O’Shea’s bar in Brussels, where supporters of the “yes” camp gathered to cheer their side on to victory. For Hugo Brady… 03/10/2009
EU Treaty vote applauded by Irish Prime MinisterTaoiseach, Brian Cowen has confirmed that Ireland has voted decisively in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.With the final figures still to be announced, Cowen said… 03/10/2009
The EU expresses thanks to the Irish peopleAfter Irish government officials declared victory in Friday’s referendum, the European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso smiled. He thanked the Irish… 03/10/2009
EU treaty: early results, “Yes” vote gains ground in Irish referendumOfficials are predicting a convincing win for the “Yes” campaign in the Republic of Ireland’s second referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty… 03/10/2009
What would the EU’s Lisbon Treaty change?The institutional future of Europe. It is hardly an absorbing subject. And, what is more, it can be confusing to understand the arguments surrounding the… 03/10/2009
Early results: “Yes” vote gains ground in Irish referendumOfficials are predicting a convincing win for the “Yes” campaign in the Republic of Ireland’s second referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty… 03/10/2009
If at first you don’t succeed – EU awaits Irish voteUnoffical exit polls in the Irish referendum on the EU’s Lisbon treaty suggest the “yes” camp may have won with a 53 percent score. Counting of the votes… 03/10/2009
EU enlargement without Lisbon Treaty?The possibility that the Lisbon Treaty might not survive if it failed the ratification process in any of the EU member states has raised nervous questions all… 02/10/2009
Ireland Votes on Lisbon TreatyThe Irish people were voting on Friday on the Lisbon Treaty, including the Prime Minister Brian Cowen. He could lose his job if he presides over a second… 02/10/2009
Irish referendum: “Yes” likely, “No” no surpriseEuronews’ correspondent Seamus Kearney interviewed Irish Times political editor, Stephen Collins, at Dublin Castle, on the day the country held its second… 02/10/2009
Eve of Ireland’s EU ReferendumSupporters and opponents of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty were using the last minutes to campaign on the eve of Ireland’s referendum. Outside a Dublin… 02/10/2009
Ireland Votes on Lisbon TreatyVoting on the EU’s Lisbon Treaty has begun in Ireland. While the treaty is designed to speed up decision making, a no-vote would plunge the Union into… 02/10/2009
Ireland holds crucial EU treaty voteVoting is underway in the second referendum on the EU’s controversial Lisbon Treaty in the Republic of Ireland. Since the ‘No’ vote over a year ago, the… 02/10/2009
Irish Lisbon Treaty vote too close to callTaxi drivers have been blockading the streets of Dublin calling for a “No” vote. The centre of the Irish capital was brought to a standstill on the eve of the… 02/10/2009
Brussels Irish say EU money will help Lisbon Treaty verdictIn an Irish pub just opposite the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, some of the patrons think the public’s perception of Europe as offering… 01/10/2009
O’Leary on Lisbon: save kicking government for another timeRyanair lowcost airline chief Michael O’Leary calls the Irish government “incompetent wasters” who he would like to see get a kicking, but said he still… 30/09/2009
Czech challenge to Lisbon Treaty ahead of Irish voteA group of Czech senators has filed the second constitutional challenge against the Lisbon Treaty on European Union reform. The papers deposed in Prague by… 29/09/2009
Will the Lisbon Treaty achieve its goals?When a EU member state adopts the Lisbon Treaty, the ratification document is sent to Italy. If all 27 documents arrive in Rome, the Treaty will finally be… 26/09/2009
Ireland on course to vote ‘Yes’ for LisbonWith only one week to go before Ireland’s second vote on the EU’s Lisbon treaty all the signs point to a ‘Yes’ victory. The government is campaigning hard… 25/09/2009
Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty vote approachesIrish voters are preparing to cast a ballot in a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on October 2. The future of how the European Union is run is at stake… 24/09/2009
Roche: Problems for EU if Ireland votes ‘no’Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs is a man with a mission. Dick Roche has to encourage Irish voters to say ‘yes’ in the upcoming second referendum on… 21/09/2009
EU cash handout for Ireland before Lisbon voteThe European Commission has offered a cash handout to help more than 2,000 redundant workers in Ireland, less than two weeks before the country votes on… 20/09/2009
German Lisbon approval near completeGermany’s upper house of parliament has approved legislation on the EU’s Lisbon reform treaty to ensure compatibility with the German constitution. As the… 18/09/2009
Walesa backs Ireland’s Lisbon referendum ‘yes’Former Polish president and pro-democracy leader of the Solidarity trade union Lech Walesa has been in Ireland to lend his support to the campaign to get the… 18/09/2009
Way clear for Germany to ratify LisbonThe upper house of the German parliament, the Bundesrat, has approved changes to Germany’s constitution that clear the way for the country’s adoption of the… 18/09/2009
Irish foe of EU treaty re-enters pre-poll debateAs Ireland prepares to vote on the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, the “No” lobby has been boosted by a millionaire businessman’s return to the campaign. Declan… 14/09/2009
Germany closer to Lisbon ratificationGermany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament has adopted legislation aimed at finally making it possible to finish ratifying the EU’s Lisbon reform Treaty… 08/09/2009
Dublin reassures Brussels over treaty ‘Yes’ voteThe Irish government has promised it will deliver a resounding ‘Yes’ vote in next month’s referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The EU’s ambitious reforms… 08/09/2009
Barroso: “This is not the time for partisan division in Europe”The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has been spelling out his political ambitions for the next five years. A candidate for… 04/09/2009
Irish Lisbon support teetersLisbon Treaty support in Ireland has dropped and the number of undecided voters has increased, but the yes are still ahead, according to the latest Irish… 04/09/2009
“Yes” camp loses ground in IrelandThe crucial October 2nd Lisbon treaty referendum is just one month away in Ireland – the only EU member state constitutionally obliged to ask its people such… 04/09/2009
Ryanair gets behind Lisbon TreatyIn Ireland, Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair, has climbed on board the campaign to give the Lisbon Treaty wings. Ryanair Chief Executive Michael… 27/08/2009
