[13foxtrot]

The rights of many groups are spelled out but I could not find any protection of private property.

Article II-17: Right to property

1. Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions. No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The use of property may be regulated by law insofar as is necessary for the general interest.
2. Intellectual property shall be protected.

It seems to me that the original author should read the document before 'commentating'

[CasearianDaoist]

No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest

Perhaps you should have read it more carefully. Hardly seems like a constitutional protection to me. I imagine that that is just the point she is trying to make.

[ken5050]

As you appear to have either 1) read the entire document, or 2) have a really good search engine technique, may I impose upon you for another questio re the EU constitution:

Under what, if any, circumstances may a country who has earlier voted to join the EU, leave?. I.e., say, Poland get disgusted in a few years and decide to opt otu? Logic would indicate that one of the newly free, former Sovie republics would find the bureaurocracy of Brussels stifling of all freedoms, and realize they'd made a mistake..