The Constitutional Court of Germany has today suspended the process of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, calling for a law guaranteeing the rights of the German Parliament. The constitutional judges have confirmed that the Treaty was "compatible with the Basic Law (the German Constitution), but they felt that the parameters were still lacking.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says efforts by Turkey's top prosecutor to ban the Islamist-rooted ruling party constitutes a move against the "will of the nation."

Ukraine's Constitutional Court has begun hearings in the capital, Kyiv, Tuesday on the legality of President Viktor Yushchenko's decree, dissolving parliament and calling new elections. The court is taking up the case one week later than planned, after several judges asked for protection, alleging that political pressure was being exerted against them.