Barroso: EU Treaty ‘needs to be renewed’

Report of comments made by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at a meeting of constitutional court judges 'Global Constitutionalism Seminar' organised by Yale University in The Hague, 1 September 2012.

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/12/930: Quotes from the speech by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, at the occasion of Yale's Global Constitutionalism Seminar convening at The Hague http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/930&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Draghi: 'United States of Europe' not necessary to save the euro http://www.europeansources.info/record/draghi-united-states-of-europe-not-necessary-to-save-the-euro/

ESO: Background information: Germany's competing visions of Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/germanys-competing-visions-of-europe/

ESO: Background information: Philosopher André Glucksmann: A Dark Vision of the Future of Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/philosopher-andre-glucksmann-a-dark-vision-of-the-future-of-europe/

Spiegel Online International, 4.9.12: European Parliament President: Call for Political Union Now is 'Dramatic Mistake' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-eu-parliament-president-martin-schulz-on-euro-crisis-a-853657.html

EurActiv, 5.9.12: Barroso aligns with Merkel in push for treaty change http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/barroso-aligns-merkel-push-treat-news-514619

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