So, that'll change nothing very much then

[andrewducker]

So, the French have rejected the EU constitution.  Which means that most of the pieces will, instead, have to go through as individual treaties, and the big stuff (changing the voting methods) will be held back, making the EU more unwieldy, until such time as people realise that reform is necessary.  Which may well be never, knowing the general public.

The only major thing I can see changing is that the UK surely won't bother with its own referendum now - and that was going to be Tony Blair's swansong - bowing out with either a successful or unsuccessful vote as his parting moment.  I wonder when he'll go now...

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[andrewducker]

A constitution is nothing more than the rules by which something is governed. You can, should you so wish, attach principles, speeches and other things to it, but you don't have to by any means.