Forbes.com: UK, Netherlands want EU constitution reworked as 'amending treaty'

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UK, Netherlands want EU constitution reworked as 'amending treaty'

UK, Netherlands want EU constitution reworked as 'amending treaty'

Britain and the Netherlands believe the stalled EU constitution can be revived if it is reworked as an 'amending treaty', said UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. 'I think what the Dutch and the British are saying is that it is important we go back to the idea of a conventional treaty where the idea is to make Europe more effective, (and to) work more effectively because we now have a Europe of 27 rather than 15,' Blair told a press conference. Note EU-Digest: this is only a workable idea if it remains a Constitution and is not reworded and renamed an amended treaty. The actual constitution has already been ratified by 18 of the 27 EU member countries and to accept Britains new proposal would mean that the majority of EU members whould now have to join a small minority of EU member states in watering down the constitution. Europe Must not become politically weaker than it already is.