News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 month ago
David Cameron has ruled out any possibility of a referendum on the Lisbon treaty if the measure is ratified by all 27 members of the EU before next year's general election in Britain. Amid signs the measure will enter EU law by the end of the year...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Vaclav Klaus signalled that he would pass the treaty once it had been reassessed by the Czech Constitutional Court, a process which could take some weeks but is unlikely to last until May or June, when Mr Cameron hopes to take power and then hold a...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 month ago
Backed by Ireland's resounding approval of a treaty designed to strengthen the European Union and give it a full-time president, leaders of the bloc said they would start a drive to remove the last remaining hurdle to the so-called Lisbon Treaty --...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, denied that there was a rift between him and Mr Cameron after he had appeared to demand a referendum come what may, to prevent the prospect of Tony Blair becoming president of Europe. Eric Pickles, the Conservative...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
People on Employment Support Allowance who are judged fit to work would be put on the jobseeker's allowance, reducing their benefits by £25 a week. Tory Leader David Cameron is anxious to dispel fears of a return to 1980s-style dole queues if his...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 month ago
Irish voters approved the Lisbon Treaty in a second referendum on Saturday after their first "no" vote to the treaty in June 2008. The Lisbon Treaty, signed by EU heads of state and government in December 2007 in the Portuguese capital of...