European leaders broadly endorsed the draft of a first constitution for the European Union at a summit meeting here today, calling the evolving document a historic step toward a more coherent identity and role for the union on the world stage.
Turning to international affairs, Mr. Berlusconi expressed cautious optimism that European leaders would reach agreement on the evolving draft of a first constitution for the union at a pivotal meeting in Brussels late next week.
As European leaders gathered here over the last two days for a special summit meeting devoted to drafting a first constitution for the union, all of those visions were on display, jostling for attention, along with many more.
A1 Constitution Draft Endorsed European leaders broadly endorsed the draft of a first constitution for the European Union at a summit meeting in Porto Carras, Greece, calling the document a historic step toward a more coherent identity and role for the union on the world stage.
In 1850, Kentuckians ratified their third constitution.
Other organisations monitoring extremist groups have noted that Loughner spoke despairingly of a "second American constitution", a reference used by some extreme rightwingers to post-civil war constitutional amendments that ended slavery and gave former slaves citizenship.
A draft of the first constitution for an independent Scotland, legally asserting the sovereignty of the Scottish people but with the Queen as head of state, has been published by the SNP administration in Edinburgh.
Abdullah vaunts amendments "to a third of the constitution", yet, though he has appointed an independent election commission and a constitutional court, many of the measures are cosmetic.
