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Croatians too must vote in favour in a referendum before the country's parliament ratifies accession. Croatians are expected on Sunday (22 January) to vote in favour of...

Ireland's prime minister hopes to avoid a popular vote on inter-governmental treaty. Ireland will hold a referendum on the proposed inter-governmental treaty on

Inter-governmental treaty on reinforced economic union could come into force when ratified by nine member states.

EU leaders want tougher economic rules, but disagree on how to introduce the rules. EU leaders have agreed on the need for stricter rules on economic discipline in the...

Possibility of parliamentary disapproval and the need for referenda place question marks over EU's new economic treaty. Nine of the ten EU member states that do not use the...

No deal yet on role of permanent bail-out fund or how to change treaties. EU leaders have agreed on the substance of a “fiscal compact” of tougher economic governance...

The European Union will this week embark on an attempt to shore up the economic credibility of the eurozone by revising its governing treaties. The leaders of the national...

Change to the EU treaty is unavoidable, and so is a UK referendum. It has begun. The United Kingdom is embarking on its long, slow withdrawal from full membership of the...

Slovak parliament prevents ratification of eurozone's temporary rescue mechanism and votes out the government. The Slovak parliament has refused to ratify the eurozone's...

Extra MEPs kept waiting by Walloon regional parliament. All but one of the EU's 27 member states has ratified a change to the Lisbon treaty that would add another 18 MEPs to...

Vote in parliament paves way for ambitious trade deal to take effect in July. South Korea's parliament yesterday (4 May) ratified a free-trade agreement with the European...

Governments concerned about transfer of powers. National governments are struggling to provide reassurance to their voters that they are maintaining control over decisions...

The United Kingdom is about to change the terms of its membership of the EU forever, and for the worse. You might be forgiven for wondering, after all the red lines and...

Meeting could be held as early as next week. EU member states could hold an intergovernmental conference (IGC) as early as next week to alter the Lisbon treaty to add 18...

ICTY report 'supportive' of Serb co-operation. The Dutch government will drop its objections to the ratification of a pre-accession agreement between the European Union and...

Members of the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee vote for the Lisbon treaty to be revised by an intergovernmental conference. The European Union's...

Czech President Václav Klaus has signed the Lisbon treaty. The Treaty of Lisbon has now been ratified, with the Czech Republic completing the process nearly 23 months after...

Can Klaus's opposition to Lisbon be overcome? By the time that leaders of the EU's national governments gather in Brussels on 29 October, it is just possible that the last...

Leaders to discuss treaty over dinner at summit. Government leaders will discuss over dinner on the first day of their summit what kind of guarantees they might be prepared...

Czech premier to tell EU tomorrow how government intends to respond to president's call for an opt-out to the Lisbon treaty. The Czech government is meeting today to discuss...