EU Treaty Reform
The European Convention ran from February 2002 until June 2003 when it delivered a draft Constitutional Treaty to the EU heads of government.
In October 2003 the IGC was launched with a deadline for agreement in December 2003. Negotiations broke down at the Brussels Summit over the voting weights for countries in the EU Council. The talks were re-started by the Irish Presidency and were concluded at the June 2004 Summit.
The final Constitutional Treaty was signed in October 2004 in Rome by the 25 EU Heads of State.
The Treaty will enter into force if all 25 countries have ratified it within 2 years.
In this section of EPHA’s website you will find information about :
The path to a new Treaty (information about the work of the IGC and the Convention)
Last article modified in this page or in one of the sub-section juillet 22 2010.
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Can the Constitution be saved ? If so, how and by whom ?
The discussion revolved around the chances of the Constitutional Treaty ever entering into force, as well as the possible alternatives.
About 100 people attended from
EU institutions ;
Assorted embassies, permanent representations and missions ;
NGOs, including EPHA ;
Business associations and industries.
The panel was made up of the following :
Dr Ulrike (...)
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