Tag: ratification

European Union leaders have agreed to create a permanent financial safety net from 2013 and the European Central Bank moved to increase its firepower to fight the debt crisis that has rocked the euro zone.

Polish President Lech Kaczyński will sign the European Union's reform treaty on Saturday, his office said on Thursday, making the Czech Republic the last country yet to ratify the document.

The Czech Republic is pushing for a clear decision on the next Commission president at the EU summit in June, Czech EU Affairs Minister Štefan Füle told EurActiv.cz in an interview, stressing that his government would "not deviate" from the previous government's intention to support incumbent José Manuel Barroso.

As latest polls reveal the anti-Lisbon Treaty camp in Ireland have taken the lead, the superstitious date of Friday 13 June 2008, when the results of the referendum will be officially announced, could see Europe thrown into an existential crisis.

MPs in the UK have rejected a proposal put forward by the opposition Conservatives to hold a popular referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, paving the way for the text to be ratified via parliamentary vote.

Romania has ratified the Treaty of Lisbon by parliamentary vote after a huge majority of MPs approved the text yesterday (4 February). Meanwhile, France's parliament approved a constitutional amendment necessary to begin the ratification process of the treaty itself.

Slovenia and Malta have become the latest countries to ratify the new EU Treaty agreed upon by EU leaders in December last year.

In an attempt to salvage the EU Constitution, a growing number of member states are opting to put their ratification processes on hold.

Press reactions generally focus on the obstacles that still lie ahead for the European Constitution.

The French Government has adopted a draft law allowing the ratification of the Treaty of Accession of 10 new Member States to the EU in May 2004.

The German Bundestag endorsed the Accession Treaty that will expand the EU to 10 new Member States in May next year.