Member states play waiting game on Constitution

It became clear at a meeting of EU leaders on Thursday on the EU Constitution that nothing will be agreed until everything is agreed.

Governments are now patently waiting for the Italian Presidency to provide a complete ‘package’ that will contain a compromise solution to all of the – mainly institutional – questions that are bogging down negotiations on the Constitution blueprint.

The package, which will contain proposals on the make up of the Commission and the vote weighting s...