[Major_Risktaker]

If passed, the new constitution would have given absolute power to Brussels on all domestic issues in a system controlled primarily by unelected bureaucrats.

Amazing if true...

~And NINE countries voted FOR such a stripping of their democracies?~

Can you tell me which 9 countries agreed so far? I googled it and can't finded this information.

Thanks...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Hard to believe a majority in nine European nations voted to walk away from their own sovereignty

[nonomous]

Ratified by parliament (10 countries)
Malta 10/17/2003
Lithuania 11/11/2004
Hungary 12/20/2004
Slovenia 2/1/2005
Italy 4/6/2005
Greece 4/19/2005
Belgium 4/28/2005
Slovak Republic 5/11/2005
Austria 5/25/2005
Germany 5/27/2005

expected approval by parliaments (6 countries)
Spain 2/20/2005
Cyprus 6/30/2005
Latvia 6/30/2005
Sweden 12/1/2005
Finland 12/30/2005
Estonia 2006?

Scheduled referendums (probably approved by voters): (4 countries)
Czech Republic 2006 ?
Denmark 9/27/05
Luxembourg 7/10/05
Portugal 10/9/2005

potential no (4 countries)
Netherlands Jun 05
Poland October 05
Ireland October 05
United Kingdom May 06

defeated referendum (1 country)
France 5/29/2005

summary:
Ratified: 10 countries
Parliamentary ratification expected: 6
Referendum approval expected: 4
Referendum failure expected: 4
Referendum failed: 1

Note that 20 countries can be expected to approve, and 20 is required to establish new constitution.

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-130616-16&type=Overview