In July 2003, the President of the Constitutional Convention, the former French President Giscard d'Estaing, presented to the Heads of State and Government the draft of a "Constitution for Europe." This volume documents the unusual process of constitution-giving in a meticulous analysis: from the establishment of the Convention via the Intergovernmental Conference to the current attempts at ratifying the Treaty. This includes a close look at the negative outcome of the referenda in France and the Netherlands, and leads to an attempt at coping with the current crisis by reviewing the logic...