What problems have rendered a European Constitution necessary?

The forthcoming expansion of the EU with its burgeoning responsibilities for greater integration set in motion a reform process at the Nice Summit in 2000, which issued a declaration calling for a 'deep and wide' (1) debate on the EU's future (5,11). The resulting Treaty of Nice (21), signed in February 2001, made certain limited changes to how the EU operated so as to facilitate enlargement. There was much criticism of the Treaty since many felt it did not address …

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