amendment of the treaty

Therefore, those powers cannot be increased without the same process and amendment of the treaties.

But that would require the amendment of the treaty, which involves 180 countries or so, and it isn't going to happen."

But things have also moved on in terms of legal precedents, not least the amendment of the treaties, and, unfortunately, current events.

The crisis continued until April 1909, when the annexation received grudging international approval through amendment of the Treaty of Berlin.

By failing to protest against the actions of the organisation itself through its administrative organs, member States may be held to have accepted the amendment of the treaty through practice.

(LT) Mr President, today we approved the amendment of the Treaty of Lisbon which will facilitate the establishment of the permanent euro stability mechanism.

The drawing of the lottery numbers is decided by judges in Luxembourg outside parliamentary control, and only when they are condemned will there be a unanimous amendment of the treaties to correct any backlash.

I voted against the report on amendment of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro.

We showed solidarity by agreeing with the amendment of the treaty and by understanding that we are in a difficult economic and financial situation and that we must take very specific actions regarding economic coordination and surveillance.

The announcement came only four days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking alongside President Bush in Shanghai, said the two nations had an "understanding that we can reach agreements," a comment widely interpreted to mean that they were headed toward a major amendment of the treaty.