Lisbon introduces rejected EU constitution by the back door

THE EU is not a legal or corporate entity in its own right for it does not have legal personality.

The name “European Union” at present is the descriptive legal term for the totality of relations between its 27 member states and their peoples.

In 2005, the people of France and the Netherlands voted against the European constitution. In both countries debate had been intensive and voter turnout was high. While voters were prepared to support an economic union, they opposed to the creation of a new European Union.