EU Constitution still under fire

Although most Convention members were sipping champagne in celebration of the completion of the final draft of the Constitution on 13 June, not everyone was satisfied.

Opponents of the Constitution are refusing to give up, and continue to criticise the document.

Eight Convention members from the Democracy Forum, a network of euro-realists, argue that the Constitution does not meet the requirements of the Laeken Declaration of December 2001: it has not brought the EU closer to th...