Calls for France, Germany to save EU constitution
BRUSSELS - A European Union summit opened Thursday amid calls for heavyweights Germany and France to rescue the bloc's crippled constitution by 2009. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, said he wanted Germany to forge a roadmap for reviving the constitution which has been declared dead by some after French and Dutch voters rejected it last year.
A total of 16 of the 25 EU states have given a green light for the constitution, mainly through parliamentary ratification. All 25 must approve the treaty for it to enter into force. Resurrecting the treaty will be a long haul effort, Schuessel indicated, referring to a likely three-year timetable.
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