INTRODUCTION

Since the overwhelming 'No' votes to the EU Constitution in the French and Dutch referenda of May / June 2005, the
EU Constitution has not been abandoned by Europe's political elite.

Some proposals the Constitution contained have been implemented regardless, by mis-using 'flexibility' articles in the existing EU Treaty (eg. Article 308).

Now, the bigger 'innovations' that the EU Constitution proposed - such as creating a full-time EU President and Foreign Minister, removing more national vetoes and increasing the EU's powers into a range of new areas such as justice & home affairs (see analysis) - have been wrapped up in a re-named treaty, which the government is trying to pass off as different to the original EU Constitution and insignificant.

However everyone from a wide range of other European leaders to the cross-party House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (see quotes) have confirmed that the re-named treaty is essentially the same document as the EU Constitution.

The government's actions are an obvious cheat, designed to avoid holding the EU Constitution referendum that they promised in their last election manifesto.

Join in with our campaign to ensure Gordon Brown and MPs in all parties honour their clear manifesto promises to let the people decide.

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CAMPAIGN NEWS

• MPs reject a referendum on the re-named EU Constitution
  6 March 2008

• MPs vote to cut time for treaty debate in half
  28 January 2008

• ReferendumList.com: launch press release
  - 13 December 2007
  
  
• Commons committee: 'Reform treaty' is really Constitution - DM comment
  - 9 October 2007
  
  
• DM campaigns for a referendum at the Labour Party conference
  - 25 September 2007
  
  
• Gordon, Don't be an EU Cheat: campaign leaflet
  - 10 August 2007

DOWNLOADS

• Gordon, Don't be an EU Cheat leaflet
  - side 1(651k) - side 2(544k)

KEY DOCUMENTS

• The Treaty of Lisbon
  17 December 2007

• European Council mandate to the IGC
  23 June 2007
  
  
• EU Constitution: final version
  Signed in Rome, 29 October 2004

EU CONSTITUTION ARCHIVE

• COMMENT: Double blow to EU Constitution shows fatal flaw at EU's heart
  2nd June 2005
  
  
• DM debates Richard Corbett MEP in
  Ecologist magazine
  27th May 2005

• COMMENT: EU Constitution not compatible with democracy - Jack Straw veto confusion
  24th May 2005

• International rally - No to the EU Constitution
  9th April 2005: Updated 6th May 2005

• Straw dodges honest debate on EU changes
  9th September 2004
  
  
  
• Blair claims 'victory' over Constitution he didn't want
  21st June 2004

  
  
• Blair concedes referendum on EU Constitution
  20th April 2004