The heat is on in the debate on Europe. Across different member states, the intensity and type of manifestations varies substantially. In the UK, MEPs even decided to dress up as chickens. This to protest against the European Parliament ‘disallowing a popular vote’ on the Lisbon Treaty. But could the chickens not be ostriches in [...]

As John Doe scooped here a couple of days ago, the heads of state and government will be signing a Globalisation Declaration’ at the end of this week along with the Reform Treaty.
This chimes with the report released by the Commission today, as reported on EurActiv.com (my emphases):
EurActiv.com - Commission hails EU reform progress, calls for [...]

The EU is determined to ensure that globalisation is a source of opportunity rather than a threat, a declaration to be signed at the end of the week by heads of state and government states.
Read the document here (500 kB pdf): eu-declaration-on-globalisation.pdf
The two-page document explaining what the Lisbon Reform Treaty - and at the end [...]

A few days before the signature of the Lisbon Treaty, participants of the Plan D Citizen’s Project have called for a more social Europe that takes a more consistent approach to migration issues, teaches democracy and citizenship in schools and fosters diversity while it recognises common European values.
In an Open letter to the EU Heads [...]