EU Constitutional Treaty
The latest and largest of the reforms
to the EU’s treaties was finalised in
June 2003 by the European
Convention whose aim was to create
a blueprint for an enlarged EU of 25
or more members. The Convention
was composed of 94 representatives
from the Member State and candidate
country governments, and national
parliaments as well as the European
Parliament and Commission. The text
– an EU Constitution – will have to be
approved by each Member State
before coming into effect, although the
future of this Treaty remains uncertain
as several countries have rejected the
text in national referenda. The date of
official ratification set for January 2006
has been postponed while EU leaders
reflect on the next move.
http://europa.eu.int/constitution/
index_en.htm