Valery Giscard dEstang29 October 2004
The Constitution, having been agreed by heads of Government from the 25 Member States, is signed at a ceremony in Rome
France · Government / European Economic Community (EEC). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Constitution, having been agreed by heads of Government from the 25 Member States, is signed at a ceremony in Rome
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was signed in Rome by the governments of the European Union member states.
The European Convention is established, presided over by former French President Valery Giscard dEstaing, and was given the task of consulting as widely as possible across Europe with the aim of producing a first draft of the Constitution
French voters rejected the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in the referendum held on 29 May 2005.
Negotiations to modify EU institutions began in 2001, resulting first in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which would have repealed the existing European treaties and replaced them with a "constitution". Although ratified by a majority of member states, this was abandoned after being rejected by 54.67% of French voters on 29 May 2005
Referendums held in France and The Netherlands reject the European Constitution. While the majority of the Member States already had ratified the European Constitution (mostly through Parliamentary ratification, although Spain and Luxembourg held referendums), due to the requirement of unanimity to amend the treaties of the EU, it became clear that it could not enter into force
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