France, the country that for almost half a century has been the driving force for European integration, may be the first to turn down Europe's most ambitious step toward political integration yet — the EU Constitutional Treaty.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050...4241-5937r.htm

Would it really be a bad thing if they slowed the headlong rush toward becoming
the "United States of Europe"? From what little I've seen, this constitution
hasn't been very well thought out anyway. They already have the advantages
of economic cooperation. Why hurry on the political unity?