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Forging a new legal framework for the greatly expanded European Union has been a six-year saga with plenty of woe. It finally reached a provisional end on Friday in Lisbon, when leaders of the 27 member states agreed to sign a new document that replaces the "constitution" that French and Dutch voters roundly rejected...
...called "Reform Treaty", which now gets renamed the Lisbon Treaty, is supposed to revamp the workings of the E.U. institutions so that the Union and its 27 member states can better steer through the maze of economic and foreign policy issues they face in the 21st century...
...Should the new Lisbon treaty get rejected, "The E.U. would muddle through without it," Gros says. "But the new treaty definitely makes the workings of the E.U. much more manageable...
...These are issues that will put the E.U. to test," said one E.U. diplomat in Lisbon, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They will make much of the discussions here seem like a trivial, academic exercise taking place in an ivory tower...
...What do you aim for in life nowadays? -Daniela Igreja, Lisbon, PortugalAnything that I have cared to try in my life, I already did. Some things worked out. Some things did not. But I have always said of myself, I would never be a ?coulda shoulda woulda' kind of guy. So I think the only thing I would like to have for the next twenty years is continued longevity, health and family...