does the eu needs a constitution?
History of the Treaty of Constitution for Europe – TCE:
The establishment of a Treaty of Constitution for Europe (TCE) was a treaty attempting to create a solid constitution for the European Union that was unratified. The ideia was replace the current European Union treaties with a Constitution text, with legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and expand Qualified Majority Voting into policy areas. The Treaty was actually signed on October 2004 by representatives of 25 member states and was later ratified by 18 member states. Spain and Luxembourg made referendums that approved the measure. As a consequence of the rejection of the project by France and Netherlands referendums the ratification process was ended. The Lisbon Treaty, that entered into force on 2009, replaced the Constitutional Treaty after some period. A lot of changes that were in the Constitutional text were add in the existing treaties as amendments.
Inicial steps:
The new debates on the future of Europe bagan at the Laeken European Council 2001, when former French President proposed to draft a Constitution. A European Convention was founded, chaired by the same former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and composed of two Members of Parliament (generally one from the governing majority and one from the opposition) of each Member State, 16 MEPs, 2 members of the European Commission and a representative from each government. Then, the President of the European Commission backed a draft text which contained a deeper integration of the countries and a more clear institutional model. The final text was settled in June 2004 under the Irish presidency and the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was signed in Rome on 29 October 2004. On January 2005, the European Parliament voted a legally resolution supporting the Constitution by 500 votes in favour to 137 votes against. But, before enter into force it must be ratified by all member states and
The establishment of a Treaty of Constitution for Europe (TCE) was a treaty attempting to create a solid constitution for the European Union that was unratified. The ideia was replace the current European Union treaties with a Constitution text, with legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and expand Qualified Majority Voting into policy areas. The Treaty was actually signed on October 2004 by representatives of 25 member states and was later ratified by 18 member states. Spain and Luxembourg made referendums that approved the measure. As a consequence of the rejection of the project by France and Netherlands referendums the ratification process was ended. The Lisbon Treaty, that entered into force on 2009, replaced the Constitutional Treaty after some period. A lot of changes that were in the Constitutional text were add in the existing treaties as amendments.
Inicial steps:
The new debates on the future of Europe bagan at the Laeken European Council 2001, when former French President proposed to draft a Constitution. A European Convention was founded, chaired by the same former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and composed of two Members of Parliament (generally one from the governing majority and one from the opposition) of each Member State, 16 MEPs, 2 members of the European Commission and a representative from each government. Then, the President of the European Commission backed a draft text which contained a deeper integration of the countries and a more clear institutional model. The final text was settled in June 2004 under the Irish presidency and the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was signed in Rome on 29 October 2004. On January 2005, the European Parliament voted a legally resolution supporting the Constitution by 500 votes in favour to 137 votes against. But, before enter into force it must be ratified by all member states and