Sally McNamara is a Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs. The recent demise of the anti-American Schroeder-Chirac partnership has allowed for renewed optimism in Washington about relations ...

Jeanne Rubner is a reporter and editorial writer with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. Before the proposed European Union constitution was written, a malaise had begun to creep over the old EU of ...

European Union leaders unanimously agreed in Lisbon last week to move forward with a new "reform treaty" to replace the former EU Constitution. The treaty, expected to be formally signed by all EU ...

ROME — With competing agendas and contradictory visions, the leaders of 25 European countries held talks here Saturday aimed at finalizing a landmark constitution that will govern the soon-to-expand ...

PARIS—French voters dealt a crushing blow Sunday night to both French President Jacques Chirac and the proposed European Constitution he so strongly supports, defeating the document by a margin of 55 ...

This publication is now archived. What’s the significance of the French and Dutch "no" votes to the EU constitution? They have dealt the EU constitution a potentially fatal blow, experts say. All 25 ...

WWF welcomes the signing of Europe's new Constitution and its commitment to tackling major environmental threats such as climate change, chemical contamination, and biodiversity loss. Brussels, ...

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Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has warned that any attempt to alter the draft European Union constitution will "tear Europe apart". Mr Giscard d'Estaing headed the constitutional ...

European leaders continue to argue about the budget for 2007. Meanwhile, Europeans wait in vain for a resolution to confusions caused by recent French and Dutch referendums. Voters in those nations ...

The EU constitution agreed in June 2004 is due to be signed on 29 October and must then be ratified within two years by all 25 member states. A number of countries have said they will hold referendums ...

The commentator gives a forecast of the political climate in the European Union, now that France and the Netherlands have rejected the proposed constitution. So the people have spoken, but what is ...