austria and the constitutional treaty
The Austrian Presidency plans to revive the debate about the Constitutional Treaty which fell into limbo after the French and Dutch referenda last year. Meanwhile, Jacques Chirac and Angela Merkel have expressed different views about whether it makes sense to cherry-pick parts of the Constitution for approval leaving other, more controversial, parts for later. But it is very unlikely that there will be any resolution of this issue before the end of this semester (or even much clarity about what is going to happen) - there will be some discussion of the Constitution at a summit meeting in June 2006.
Update: The Dutch foreign minister says the Treaty is dead for the Netherlands.