Sally McNamara is a Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs. The recent demise of the anti-American Schroeder-Chirac partnership has allowed for renewed optimism in Washington about relations ...

On 18 June 2004 in Brussels, after extensive talks between leaders of the 25 EU Member States, a Constitution was agreed for the European Union, including specific references to EU space activities.

ROME — With competing agendas and contradictory visions, the leaders of 25 European countries held talks here Saturday aimed at finalizing a landmark constitution that will govern the soon-to-expand ...

One of the cheap lines used by French President Jacques Chirac in his recent flop of a campaign for the European constitution was that a " 'No' to the Constitution is a 'Yes' for George Bush." ...

This publication is now archived. What is at stake in France’s vote on the EU constitution? A great deal. Most experts say if France votes "no" on the European Union constitution in its May 29 ...

France handed the European Union a setback Sunday when it voted against a constitution aimed at making the EU a united global powerhouse. Three European specialists discuss the vote. At the Place de ...

WWF welcomes the signing of Europe's new Constitution and its commitment to tackling major environmental threats such as climate change, chemical contamination, and biodiversity loss. Brussels, ...

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has warned that any attempt to alter the draft European Union constitution will "tear Europe apart". Mr Giscard d'Estaing headed the constitutional ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Following their neighbors in France, Dutch voters delivered a stinging rebuke yesterday to the architects of a unified Europe by voting overwhelmingly against the new European ...

PARIS — French voters rejected a proposed European Union constitution Sunday, igniting a political crisis in the alliance and dealing a sharp blow to French President Jacques Chirac. With nearly all ...

European leaders continue to argue about the budget for 2007. Meanwhile, Europeans wait in vain for a resolution to confusions caused by recent French and Dutch referendums. Voters in those nations ...

The commentator gives a forecast of the political climate in the European Union, now that France and the Netherlands have rejected the proposed constitution. So the people have spoken, but what is ...