The New European Constitution

An interesting discussion is going on in the blogosphere about the structure of the new European Constitution, whose provisions are currently being drafted. The latest (May 26, 2003) draft of the proposed constitution appears here. It's a long document, but well worth browing through. You can start reading about the new provisions in this summary helpfully provided by the BBC, and then move on to the various blog postings here, here, here, and here. Some of it is quite technical stuff if you don't know much about the current structure of the European Union, but if you know something about the framing of the American Constitution, lots of similarities and contrasts will jump out at you.