European leaders sign landmark treaty / Q&A: the Lisbon Reform Treaty / EU weighs future as leaders sign treaty

European Union leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon on the 13 December 2007, a treaty designed to strengthen the bloc’s institutions and put behind them the worst crisis in the 50-year history of European integration.

European Commission: Press Release, IP/07/1922: Commission welcomes signature of the Treaty of Lisbon and calls for its swift ratification. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1922&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 13.12.07: EU heads to sign landmark treaty http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7141651.stm

BBC News, Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6901353.stm

Deutsche Welle, 13.12.07: Leaders Commit to EU's Future by Signing the Lisbon Treaty http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3003344,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 14.12.07: Opinion: Reform Treaty Signed, but Neither Sealed nor Delivered http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3004421,00.html

Wikipedia: Treaty of Lisbon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Treaty

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