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Officials continue talks on inter-governmental treaty. Officials from European Union member states are today discussing the text of an inter-governmental treaty aimed at...

Ireland wants corporation tax rate added to Croatia's accession treaty. Ireland wants the EU to ensure that a protocol protecting the country's corporation tax rate is...

Size of Commission has to be addressed and eurozone crisis prompts minor treaty change. For the European Union, the experience of drawing up the Lisbon treaty and having it...

Conference needed to approve Lisbon changes, but decision could cause problems in the UK. EU governments are next month expected to agree a change to the Lisbon treaty to...

The Lisbon treaty was supposed to clarify who speaks for the EU in international negotiations, but that is proving difficult. The Copenhagen climate conference in December...

Šemeta says he could push for an agreement on common corporate tax rules. Algirdas Šemeta, the European commissioner for taxation, has said he is prepared to push for an...

EU leaders will focus on resolving response to Czech president's demands before talking about implementation of Lisbon treaty. EU leaders will over the next two days seek to...

Ireland's 'Yes' to the Lisbon treaty was unconvincing. You described the result of the Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty as a “landslide” (“In landslide, Irish...

Economic self-interest was not the decisive factor in Ireland's 'Yes' to the Lisbon treaty. Judith Crosbie states that, in her view, the ‘Yes' vote by the Irish people in...

Most Irish voters say they voted ‘Yes' because it was in Ireland's interests and good for the country's economy, survey finds. The majority of Irish citizens voted in...

Treaty put to the vote for a second time; a ‘Yes' vote will keep the EU on track. Much of the EU's development over the coming years hangs on the outcome of the referendum...

Senators want the Czech Republic's constitutional court to examine if the Lisbon treaty opens up for a European superstate. A group of Czech senators today lodged a...

Newspaper poll a week before Lisbon treaty vote puts 'Yes' voters ahead, but not by much. Opponents of the Lisbon treaty in Ireland appear to be gaining ground, according to...

Both the 'Yes' and 'No' camps have big names on their side. The leading figures in this year's Lisbon treaty referendum campaign are very different to last year's. 

Poll shows drop of 8% in support since June, but 46% of the Irish are still in favour of the Lisbon treaty.

Voters will ‘not punish the government'; Fine Gael will go door-to-door. Irish voters will not use the Lisbon treaty referendum to punish the government over the economic...

Irish Greens reverse their position and come out in favour of the EU's reform treaty. The campaign for a ‘Yes' vote in Ireland's forthcoming second referendum on the...

Irish government hopes referendum bill will reduce voters' concerns over EU decision-making. Ireland's parliament is to be given more scrutiny...

Second referendum on the Lisbon treaty expected on 2 October. Ireland will next week pass a law allowing for a second vote on the Lisbon treaty and formally name a date,...

Internal market commissioner says, if given the chance, most EU citizens would have rejected the Lisbon treaty. Charlie McCreevy, the European commissioner for the internal...