Institutional
Reform of the European Union - Main dates
This calendar sets out all the main
stages and significant events in Europe’s institutional reform. It
includes links to the full texts of the Treaties and declarations and to
the sites of the institutions concerned with the future of Europe.
21-22 June 2007:
Brussels European Council 
[289
KB]
On 23rd June EU leaders agreed on a mandate for an
Intergovernmental Conference which would draw up a new Treaty on
institutional reform by the end of 2007.
25 March 2007:
Berlin Declaration: [77.2 KB]
Declaration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signature of
the Treaties of Rome
15-16
June 2006:
Brussels European Council
[238 KB]
Statement from Heads of State and Government on
relaunching the ratification procedure
16
and 17 June 2005:
Brussels European Council
[242 KB]
Declaration of the Chiefs of State or Governments
on the Ratification of the Constitution
2004-2006:
Ratification procedure of the Constitution by Member States
29
October 2004:
Signature of the Constitution
20 July 2003:
Presentation of the draft Constitution
15
December 2001:
Laeken European Council
26 February 2001:
Signature of the Treaty of Nice:
7-10 December 2000:
Nice European Council :
