Constitutional Treaty
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unRatification, ratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European Union (EU). It would have replaced the existing Treaties of the European Union, European Union treaties with a single text, given legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and expanded Qualified Majority Voting, qualified majority voting into policy areas which had previously been decided by unanimity among member states. The Treaty was signed on 29 October 2004 by representatives of the then 25 Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. It was later ratified by 18 member states, which included referendums endorsing it in Spain and Luxembourg. However, the rejection of the document by French and Dutch voters in May and June 2005 brought the ratification process to an end. Following a peri ...
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