La Constitution et l'union politique : de la dilution à la reconstruction ?

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André Brigot The European Constitution and Political Union from Dilution to Reconstruction The Treaty establishing European Constitution is the result of conflicting representations of the future of European Union on one hand kind of an enlarged economic space under the protection of the Atlantic Alliance which would follow common rules and on the other hand the ideal of more united political territory It is the former vision rather than the latter which has prevailed in the text Will this suffice to ensure proper development of the Union This question will inevitably encourage members to use the possibility of sub-groups to rein force their cooperation and structure their defense Those who will vote No will have less legitimacy to implement this option offered by the Constitution

Au-delà de certains progrès institutionnels, le traité constitutionnel organise des espaces de coopération entre États plus qu'il ne structure un acteur politique européen. La frilosité budgétaire dés États jointe aux ambiguïtés du traité laisse mal augurer de la gouvernabilité d'un ensemble à 30. Mais le traité peut sans doute permettre aux États qui le souhaitent, au-delà des difficultés de la ratification, de reprendre la construction d'une entité politique nouvelle.