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The “No” Vote in the French and Dutch Referenda on the EUConstitution: A Spillover of Consequences for the WiderEurope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2006

Boyka Stefanova
Boyka Stefanova
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University of Texas at San Antonio
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The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe is widely regardedas a turning point in the history of European integration. It wasdesigned to reconcile two key dimensions of the Europeanconstruction: the deepening of integration and the need to ensurethe democratic character of the European Union (EU). TheConstitution provides for the convergence of the model of regionalintegration and that of democratic government. It containssimplified legal instruments and procedures which enhance the statusof the Union as a political system. The open deliberations on theconstitutional text and its ratification through popular referendaor parliamentary endorsement extend democratic principles andprocedures typical of domestic politics to regional integration.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 251 - 255
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© 2006 The American Political Science Association

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