I would like to avoid all expressions of satisfaction at the political agreement returned by the 27 member states on the new European treaty; there are as many of these as you could require in the following pages. The most arduous phase starts now: that of the ratification and implementation of the new treaty. A few comments:
1. The new treaty is illegible. The Constitutional Treaty drafted by the Convention would have replaced all of the current treaties with a single text, laying down the...