10/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the basis of the German initiative, 16 Member States took a decision, at the last working sessions putting the finishing touches to the Lisbon Treaty, which will be signed on Thursday 13 December, to subscribe to a declaration on the symbols (flag, anthem, currency, Day on 9 May), which have been removed from the draft Treaty. In this declaration, they state that these elements will remain, for them, the symbols of citizens' belonging to the European Union and...