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The Berlin Declaration -LRB- officially the Declaration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome -RRB- is a non-binding European Union -LRB- EU -RRB- text that was signed on 25 March 2007 in Berlin -LRB- Germany -RRB- , celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome which founded the European Economic Community , the predecessor to the modern EU .. European Union. European Union. European Union. Berlin. Berlin. Treaty of Rome. Treaties of Rome. European Economic Community. European Economic Community. The Declaration was the brainchild of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2007 .. European Union. European Union. Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Designed to provide renewed impetus to the process of EU reform after the ratification of the European Constitution had failed , the Declaration aimed for a `` renewed common basis '' in time for the 2009 European Parliament elections .. European Union. European Constitution. Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. 2009 European Parliament elections. European Parliament election, 2009. The German presidency followed up on the issue by brokering a consensus for what later became known as the Treaty of Lisbon .. Treaty of Lisbon. Treaty of Lisbon