The EU Constitution – an analysis Dr Anthony Coughlan Contents An EU state constitution that is superior to national constitutionsNo longer "Pooling Sovereignty", but accepting and giving allegiance to a new sovereignIdentically worded provisions have different legal implications in an EU Constitution as compared to a treatyIs there anything good in the EU Constitution?Background to the ConstitutionThe EU's fundamental democratic problemWhere the Constitution came from: The Laeken Declaration and the Convention that failed to do its jobStructure of the EU ConstitutionProtocolsEleven key features of the Constitution of the new EUThe alternative to the EU Constitution An EU state constitution that is...