The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty: Searching Inside

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... Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe" and concluded its work. In October 2003, EU leaders... as the target date for the constitution's entrance into force. The 2005 Ratification Crisis. In order to come... parliamentary approval or public referendums. The constitution's future was thrown into doubt following its... arguments against the constitution reflected concerns that it would enshrine liberal economic trends... bureaucracy, and Turkey's prospective EU membership. Other reasons for rejecting the constitution differed

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... "foreign minister" in the constitution, this term was dropped because of UK objections on national..., largely as proposed in the constitution. Decisions made by QMV will pass if supported by 55% of member... Toward Building a Common Defense Policy. As proposed in the constitution, the Lisbon Treaty will assert... constitution has been preserved in the Lisbon Treaty. As with the text of the constitution, almost all

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... and to review EU structures. The European Constitution and the 2005 Ratification Crisis Developing the European... Constitution. The Convention on the Future of Europe began work in March 2002 in Brussels, Belgium. EU member..., the Convention decided to develop a draft constitutional treaty -commonly referred to as a "constitution" -

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... replaces the proposed EU "constitution" that foundered after French and Dutch voters rejected

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... also secured changes from the original constitution that seek to address voter concerns about

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... "constitution" given that it had become negatively associated in some countries with creating an EU "superstate