In March this year when EU leaders met in Berlin to mark 50 years since the signing of the Rome Treaty, they issued a statement which stated "we are united in our aim of placing the European Union on a renewed common basis before the European Parliament elections in 2009".
Pagājušomēnes EP Konstitucionālo jautājumu komiteja balsoja par ziņojuma projektu par ceļvedi Eiropas Savienības konstitucionālajā procesā.