EU confident of wrapping up treaty / A Europe of exclusion clauses

Only a few issues remain to be cleared up before the European Union achieves a long-sought deal on modernising its institutions, EU officials and diplomats said on 16 October 2007. They expressed confidence that a two-day summit in Lisbon on 18-19 October 2007 would wrap up the EU’s 'reform treaty', setting the stage for a more self-confident, less introspective phase of EU activity.

The article 'A Europe of exclusion clauses' is a major analysis of the Reform Treaty in which the author concludes 'The latest try for an EU Treaty trades vision for viability'.

BBC News, 18.10.07: EU leaders hold key treaty talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7050170.stm

Deutsche Welle, 18.10.07: EU Opens Key Treaty Talks Amid Polish, British Doubts http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2830099,00.html

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