These are dark days in Brussels and Europe. The EU has been left reeling after two knockout blows from the French and the Dutch crippled its Constitution. While some within the Union say it is little more than a bump on the road to progress, critics have gloatingly called time on a trading bloc that has largely failed to force march its patchwork economic army from stumbling growth into soaring success. The demise of the EU Constitution has called into question the very notion of the EU, with its much-vaunted policy document rejected by the populace of one of its founding members. Many difficult questions are now being asked in the corridors of Brussels and Strasbourg. However, some of the criticisms of the EU Constitution are as simple in theory as they are difficult to refute. This instability could bode ill for Poland, especially when it comes to negotiating at the EU budget table. According to Orłowski: "The Constitution had its flaws, but when it is vetoed by one of the EU founding fathers it disturbs the evolution of the organization; we don't really have a vision of further development. We will probably witness a messy period for a while, which for us might translate into trouble with establishing the EU budget."
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