In California, Ronald Unz, a wealthy supporter of integration, championed a vote against Spanish-language education.
"He was not a supporter of integration," said a former Daimler executive who was close to Mr. Schrempp.
It would be ironic if, after hard-fought referendums in France and Britain, the constitution fell down in the keenest supporter of integration.
Once an enthusiastic supporter of integration, the Netherlands is now seen as an awkward hardliner, and not just on fiscal discipline.Yet to Mr Bolkestein, Mr Wilders has overplayed his hand in bringing down the government.
Alex Duval Smith and Dan Nolan As a small country that is home to the EU institutions, Belgium is one of the staunchest supporters of European integration.
Deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter that the Eurovision result "showed supporters of European integration their European future: a bearded girl".
Supporters of economic integration counter that children in poor urban areas should have the opportunity to cross district lines and attend middle-class schools.
And in Ukraine, some supporters of European integration are joking darkly that their country has been left "with the politics of Russia and the economy of Greece".
"A large majority of supporters of racial integration and even nondiscrimination in the workplace did not believe that interracial marriage was tolerable," Professor Eskridge said.
The idea of common euro zone bonds has long been favored by Luxembourg and Belgium, the biggest supporters of European integration.
