EU gets reform shake-up

October 19, 2007

The European Union is going to get a dose of reform and restructuring after its leaders finally managed to push through reforms after more than two years of political deadlock. The agreement clinched in Lisbon overnight Thursday will arm the 27-nation bloc with a president and foreign affairs supremo, as well as a host of structural changes. Diplomats heralded the treaty as an end to the crisis that has gripped the EU since French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed constitution in mid-2005. A review of the approved reforms.