Smoothing the road from Nice to Lisbon
By Jennifer Rankin and Toby Vogel - 12.11.2009 / 04:50 CET
Draft Nice laws need to be included in new treaty and role of EU diplomatic corps has to be defined.
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LISBON SIGNED Polish President Lech Kaczyn´ski shows off the recently signed Lisbon treaty in Warsaw last month, under the watchful eyes of Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek. EC
NICE 2000 The then EU leaders watch as European Parliament president Nicole Fontaine shakes hands with Commission president Romano Prodi. Between them is Hubert Védrine, the then French minister for foreign affairs. EC
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