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One year to the day after the French rejection of the constitution and the political fallout is still in the air (Photo: EUobserver)

Big questions linger in EU constitution debate

One year, several meetings, reflections and half-statements later and it is clear that Europe is still not sure how to take the EU constitution out of its moribund state.

The "period of reflection" started after French and Dutch voters put the bloc in turmoil by rejecting the constitution on 29 May and 1 June last year, officially ended over the weekend.

But it was with more of a sigh than any sort of fanfare.

Foreign ministers met near Vienna on Saturday and Sunday to discu...

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One year to the day after the French rejection of the constitution and the political fallout is still in the air (Photo: EUobserver)

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