Article: 1st LD Writethru: EU leaders sign Lisbon Treaty

Article: Backgrounder: EU member states which have ratified ...
Xinhua News Agency;  December 10, 2008 ;     671 words ... ... Backgrounder: EU member states which have ratified Lisbon Treaty BRUSSELS, Dec ... ratified by all the 27 member states of the European ... force. So far, 25 member states have completed ... neutrality. The Lisbon Treaty faces enormous ...

Article: AGENDA: Even the Mad Hatter would known that 'no' means. . .'no' ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the union and member states, but instead ... Two founder member states said no. The ... said that the Lisbon Treaty wasn't such ... reading of the Lisbon Treaty in the House ... returning powers to member states. The basis would ...

Article: Must respect all member states ; I Feel I must ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  June 21, 2008 ;     390 words ... ... to the Irish 'no' vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Of course, the Irish result ... is inconceivable the other 26 member states will simply say: "Oh well ... countries that were happy with the Lisbon Treaty. The reality is, the EU needs ...

Article: Why we could never 'dominate' Europe ; Eu membership becomes more ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... important for Britain with each succeeding treaty, of which the Lisbon Treaty is but the latest. Generally, the aim and effect of each ... the power of EU institutions and reduce that of individual member states. There is an ever-increasing urge for EU members to do ...

Article: TESTIMONY: THE LISBON TREATY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ...
States News Service;  December 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... stated that if the Lisbon Treaty had been put to ... 95 percent of EU member states.[1] In one ... success of the Lisbon Treaty will be the EU ... boasts that the Lisbon Treaty compels member states to speak with a ...

Article: LISBON TREATY : HEARING OF TAOISEACH MAY OR MAY NOT ...
European Report;  December 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Some member states are pressing for ... ratification of the Lisbon Treaty (see Europolitics ... is precisely the Lisbon Treaty that assures one ... commissioner because many member states could want to make ...

Article: Slovak parliament ratifies EU Lisbon Treaty.
Czech Business News;  April 10, 2008 ;     498 words ... ... ninth EU country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. While the Slovak government ... deputies were against. The Lisbon Treaty was signed in the Portuguese ... authorizing ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. EU member states are to ratify the treaty by ...