[Capítulo VI: El Mundo y las reglas del juego] The European Constitution
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Finally, a constitution. Now the hard part
IT WON'T exactly be remembered as Europe’s “Philadelphia moment” but they got the job done in the end. Late on Friday June 18th, the leaders of the European Union’s 25 member countries finally agreed on the text of a constitution for the EU. The single document (strictly speaking, a constitutional treaty) will replace the series of treaties which have governed the EU to this point, and which were illegibly complex.
The new constitution is not exactly pretty itself—it runs over 200 pages, and is far from the elegant document that its champions hoped would reconnect the EU’s apathetic voters with the European project. But for now, at least, there is agreement, and a sigh of relief, after public rowing between Jacques Chirac, France’s president, and Tony Blair, the British prime minister. After the summit, Mr Blair hailed the deal as a success: “A new Europe is taking shape—a Europe where Britain can build alliances and feel at home,” he declared. Germany’s chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, was more circumspect: “I believe one can say that, all in all, it is legitimate to be pleased.”
go to article from The Economist
Background EU Constitution
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Posted by Alberdi & Urquiza to Capítulo VI: El Mundo y las reglas del juego at 6/22/2004 06:26:00 PM
Finally, a constitution. Now the hard part
IT WON'T exactly be remembered as Europe’s “Philadelphia moment” but they got the job done in the end. Late on Friday June 18th, the leaders of the European Union’s 25 member countries finally agreed on the text of a constitution for the EU. The single document (strictly speaking, a constitutional treaty) will replace the series of treaties which have governed the EU to this point, and which were illegibly complex.
The new constitution is not exactly pretty itself—it runs over 200 pages, and is far from the elegant document that its champions hoped would reconnect the EU’s apathetic voters with the European project. But for now, at least, there is agreement, and a sigh of relief, after public rowing between Jacques Chirac, France’s president, and Tony Blair, the British prime minister. After the summit, Mr Blair hailed the deal as a success: “A new Europe is taking shape—a Europe where Britain can build alliances and feel at home,” he declared. Germany’s chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, was more circumspect: “I believe one can say that, all in all, it is legitimate to be pleased.”
go to article from The Economist
Background EU Constitution
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Posted by Alberdi & Urquiza to Capítulo VI: El Mundo y las reglas del juego at 6/22/2004 06:26:00 PM
posted by Pablo Presas at 9:28 p.m.
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