HUNGARY IS THE SECOND STATE TO RATIFY THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION

And while the Constitution would enable forms of flexible cooperation and integration in the field of security policy that are not set forth in the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

The President of the Republic, Heinz Fischer (SPÖ), also said that he was in favour of the European text saying that “to reject the Constitution would be a catastrophic step

853 More far-reaching initiatives along the provisions of the Constitutional Treaty (i.e. the installation of a Union Foreign Minister) seem unlikely during the

In a worst case scenario, the lack of commitment by political leaders to the European Union would gradually infect the EU’s institutions, for the latter’s effectiveness is in

Although 2004 was an eventful year in Europe (an unprecedented enlargement, European elections, the change of the Commission and the finalisation of the draft Constitutional

In September a series of eight EU seminars was held in different regions for teachers of history and social sciences. The new Treaty was an integral part of these seminars. During

Latvia went ahead with parliamentary ratification on 2 June 2005, and the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, who currently holds the EU Presidency, has insisted that

The fall of the Berlin Wall added further uncertainty regarding borders, as vagueness prevailed as to where the enlargement process would stop (Majone, 2005). Developments in the