Constitution: get your facts straight!

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<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/dossier.asp?id=146>Constitution: get your
facts straight!
According to this week's eurobarometer poll, a third of EU citizens are
completely unaware of the existence of the Constitutional Treaty.
Considering its ratification is dependent in many cases on referenda, the
time has come to get informedŠ

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1075> What does it really
mean?
Not many people will actually bother reading the Constitution, but it is
important to know how it will affect our lives - especially when voting in
referenda
		 Leo Wood - London

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1073> A truly democratic EU?
One of the most frequent criticisms of the EU is that it suffers from a
'democratic deficit'. But will this be redressed by the Constitution?
		 Chris Yeomans - Durham

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1071> Proud to be European?
Possibly the biggest stumbling block for the Constitution - and the future
of European integration - is the issue of European versus national identity
		 Jeremy Cliffe - London

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1072> "The EU needs the
Constitution in order to work properly"
In an interview with cafÈ babel, Aurore Wanlin, a research fellow at the
Centre for European Reform (CER), points out the advantages and the
pitfalls of the Constitution
		 Chris Yeomans - Durham

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3107> An EU Foreign
Minister: it's not 'Fantasy Politics'
The Constitution would enshrine one, events demand one: in the future,
European diplomacy will be co-ordinated by one person alone. Let's take a
closer look
		 Marco Agosta - Milano

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3112> Walking the
tightrope: immigration
Perhaps the most controversial issue brought up by the European
Constitutional Treaty is that of immigration. Here is an overview of the
debate
		 Eulalia Sanfrutos Cano - Bruselas

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3117> Economy : evolution
rather than revolution
More coordination between members of the Eurozone under the vigilant eye of
the Commission: this is the guiding principal of European economic policy
under the Constitution
		 Coralie Prin - Albert Padros - Paris




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