The plan is to keep updating this with links to useful blog posts etc. with interesting things to say on the EU constitution and the ratification process, and whack a link to it in the EU Info section to the top left there for ease of access:<\/p>\n
Actually Existing with a superb selection of quotes<\/a>, everyone from Jurgen Habermas to Denis MacShane.<\/p>\n Hold That Thought has more detail on Habermas’ latest take on the constitution<\/a>, and here’s the letter from Habermas and other German intellectuals to the French voters<\/a>. For Habermas’ old views on the need for a constitution from 2001, see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meaders of Dead Men Left has a rebuttal to the above<\/a>. And now there’s a rebuttal of the rebuttal from Hold That Thought<\/a>.<\/p>\n Eulogist of European Democracy explains in detail why he reckons the constitution is a good thing.<\/a><\/p>\n The World Socialist Web Site urges a “No” to prevent the entrenchment of bourgeois capitalism and aid the coming of the United Socialist States of Europe,<\/a> something many on the right already claim it to be.<\/p>\n The superb Transatlantic Assembly on the myth of the “pro-European No”,<\/a> and again on French referendum pro-constitution propaganda,<\/a>, yet again on the French left and the constitution<\/a>, and once more on how the constitution doesn’t really change anything<\/a>. Hell, go and flick through their archives – there’s a whole load of good stuff on the constitution there…<\/p>\n Is the French referendum a farcical piece of state terrorism?<\/a><\/p>\n Deutsche Welle reckons the EU can survive rejecting the constitution<\/a> – just…<\/p>\n But EU president Jean-Claude Juncker reckons it’d be a disaster for the world<\/a> and Timothy Garton Ash prays for a French Oui<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Key thinkers” on the constitution<\/a> – from Boris Johnson to Tony Benn. And part two<\/a>.<\/p>\n The treaty text: why, who and what next<\/a> – a handy Q&A – and some background to the constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n Why No? It’s their economies, stupid.<\/a><\/p>\n Three vital ways to limit the damage in the miserable event of a ‘yes’<\/a>.<\/p>\n I wonder what he meant by that<\/a> – the implications of the Dutch and French referendums against the constitutional treaty from a Conservative perspective.<\/p>\n Being Europe Par 2: After the Fall<\/a> – implications for national politics.<\/p>\n EU, spell out internal disagreements<\/a> – more implications.<\/p>\n Not the only fruit<\/a> – the dangers of political short-termism and the future direction of the EU.<\/p>\n Le jour de glorie<\/a> – the left and the constitution.<\/p>\n Good article (and ensuing discussion) on the Dutch referendum and the quality of debate over the constitution<\/a> (and the problems with referenda in general) at Fistful by Frans Groenendijk.<\/a><\/p>\n And Diderot’s Lounge chips in with a (rare, in this debate) decidedly rational take on the situation: To Suggest the French and Dutch Votes Pushed Europe into a Crisis is Nonsense<\/a><\/p>\n Open Democracy’s series of articles on the constitution and the aftermath<\/a>. A good range, but all .pdf downloads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The plan is to keep updating this with links to useful blog posts etc. with interesting things to say on the EU constitution and the ratification process, and whack a link to it in the EU Info section to the … Continue reading