Update on the Ratification Debates: What Prospects for the European Constitutional Treaty? – Results

This EPIN Working Paper by Sebastian Kurpas, Marco Incerti, Justus Schönlau and Julia De Clerck-Sachsse, provides a snapshot of the approval processes in the different EU member states at a crucial point in time, just before the vote in France and the Netherlands. It draws from EPIN network experts in the EU member states and offers a reassessment of the probability of ratification.

Since EPIN’s first monitoring report in January, the issue of the European Constitution has grown in relevance and visibility in many member states. Yet there continue to be important differences in how the individual aspects of the text are perceived in the various national debates. 

This update of EPIN’s survey on the progress and obstacles to ratification of the European Constitutional Treaty provides a snapshot of the approval processes in the different EU member states at a crucial point in time, just before the vote in France and the Netherlands. The paper draws from EPIN network experts in the 25 EU countries and offers a reassessment of the probability of ratification. 

To read the paper in full, please visit the EPIN website.