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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.

14 February 2000: opening of the 2000 Intergovernemental Conference	7-10 December 2000: Nice European Council : Nice Declaration on the future of the European Union
26 February 2001: Signature of the Treaty of Nice : User guide Full text of the Treaty	15 December 2001: Laeken European Council Laeken Declaration : convening of the European Convention
28 February 2002: European Convention : inaugural session	1 February 2003: Entry into force of the Treaty of Nice
16 April 2003: Signature of the Treaty of Accession	20 July 2003: Presentation of the draft Constitution The results of the European Convention Full text
4 October 2003: Opening of the 2003/2004 IGC Work of the IGC in 2003/2004	1 May 2004: EU enlargement
16 and 17 June 2004: Brussels European Council: Political agreement on the text of the Constitution	29 October 2004: Signature of the Constitution Summaries Full text
2004-2006: Ratification procedure of the Constitution by Member States	16 and 17 June 2005: Brussels European Council: Declaration of the Chiefs of State or Governments on the Ratification of the Constitution
15-16 June 2006: Brussels European Council: Statement from Heads of State and Government on relaunching the ratification procedure	25 March 2007: Berlin Declaration: [77.2 KB] Declaration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the signature of the Treaties of Rome
21-22 June 2007: Brussels European Council: [297 KB] On 23rd June EU leaders agreed on a mandate for an Intergovernmental Conference which will draw up a new Treaty on institutional reform by the end of 2007. If ratified, this treaty could enter into force in June 2009, ahead of the next European Parliament elections.

Second semester of 2008: Decisions on how reform should be pursued