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Tag: EU Treaty

EU between a rock and a hard place - 12 November 2012 - Opinion

Establishing a genuine dialogue about what the EU is and what it does is essential to prevent the inevitable from happening: the hardening of stereotypes, euroscepticism and resistance to needed steps towards greater integration, write Marko Bucik and Nikos Lampropoulos.

Regional independence: Opening Pandora's box - 24 September 2012 - Opinion

It is too simplistic to propose that a region could simply remain in the European Union after seceding from its EU member state and that the ‘evaporation theory’ of Belgium's New Flemish Alliance cannot adequately grasp all the political and legal problems which such a scenario would entail, say Guillaume Van der Loo and Merijn Chamon.

Leading MEPs rebuff eurozone parliament plan - 07 September 2012 - News

Leading MEPs have branded as "nonsense" the idea of creating a ‘eurozone parliament’ which diplomats say four EU leaders plan to present next month in response to the bloc's sovereign debt crisis.

Majority of French want referendum over new EU budget treaty - 27 July 2012 - News

A slim majority of French, 52%, want the new European Union budgetary treaty to go to a referendum, while 53% say they would vote yes, says a study by French market research group OpinionWay. EurActiv.fr reports.

EU treaty row storms into French presidential campaign - 05 March 2012 - News

Conservative European leaders from Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain have banded together to shun the campaign of François Hollande, the socialist candidate for the presidential election in France and front-runner in the opinion polls, according to weekly magazine Der Spiegel.

Cameron not worried by Britain's Europe isolation - 27 January 2012 - News

Britain should be relaxed about being "out of the room" when Europe discusses eurozone issues, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday (26 January), dismissing any prospect of signing up to a new treaty with other EU states to enforce stricter budget controls.

Poland demands voice on euro to join new fiscal pact - 25 January 2012 - News

Poland, a European Union member but outside the eurozone, warned on yesterday (24 January) it could not sign up to the bloc's new treaty on tighter fiscal rules if it is not allowed to take part in meetings of the single-currency states.

Legal challenges await EU fiscal treaty in Ireland - 25 January 2012 - News

Ireland may still have to hold a referendum on Europe's new fiscal treaty even if the government decides next month that it does not need a popular vote to sign up to the pact.

New treaty gets EU legal clearance, UK sidelined - 16 December 2011 - News

A draft intergovernmental treaty to tighten fiscal discipline in the eurozone has received the green light from the European Council's legal service, paving the way for a final text to be agreed by the end of January, EU officials said on Friday (16 December).

Europe's new treaty: Towards a multi-speed Union - 15 December 2011 - LinksDossier

All 27 EU countries – except Britain and the Czech Republic – have agreed on a new treaty for tighter fiscal discipline and deeper economic integration to save the euro currency. The treaty came into force on 1 January 2013.

Sarkozy embraces German calls for EU treaty change, austerity - 23 November 2011 - News

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has embraced a German campaign for treaty change that could give European authorities intrusive powers to intervene in the national budgets of countries sharing the euro currency. The European Commission is due to present plans today (23 November) for greater fiscal surveillance in the eurozone.

Cameron talks treaty change with EU chiefs - 18 November 2011 - News

UK Prime Minister David Cameron held a series of discreet talks with top EU officials in Brussels on Friday (18 November), with treaty change featuring prominently in the agenda, sources told EurActiv.

Treaty change comes back on EU's agenda - 23 October 2011 - News

Preparations should be made for European treaty change according to the conclusions from today's (23 October) EU summit, following a lengthy dispute over the relative powers of the eurozone and wider EU 27 countries.

Federalist resurgence needed - 20 October 2011 - Opinion

The debt crisis has highlighted the limits of inter-governmental cooperation in the euro zone. Attempting to manage a single currency with 17 separate economic policies is like squaring the circle, write Guy Verhofstadt, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and other politicians at the Spinelli Group, which campaigns for a federalist Europe.

Friends and foes of EU treaty change clash in first duel - 14 October 2011 - News

Ahead of a crucial EU summit on the debt crisis, supporters and opponents of amending the bloc's Treaty to strengthen the euro zone locked horns yesterday (13 October) in Brussels, amid growing calls by Germany to reopen the institutional debate.

Merkel: EU Treaty change 'should not be taboo' - 06 October 2011 - News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her openness to modifying the EU treaties on a visit to Brussels yesterday (5 October), making an overture to British Eurosceptics who are seeking to use the euro zone debt crisis to repatriate powers back to Westminster.

UK finance minister expects EU treaty change within two years - 14 September 2011 - News

Europe could agree to broad changes to existing legislation within a year or two that would pave the way for greater fiscal integration of members of the euro zone, British finance minister George Osborne said yesterday (13 September).

Europe should bridge solidarity gap - 07 September 2011 - Opinion

Even though solidarity is supposedly at the heart of the EU Treaties, financial operators and citizens are not convinced and confusion reigns. It is imperative that EU countries come up with a European solidarity pact to pool resources for boosting growth and competitiveness, writes centre-right MEP Alain Lamassoure.

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