The pro-European case against a Constitution

Denis Macshane, Blair’s former Europe minister, has an interesting piece in the Observer making the pro-European case against a grand constitutional-style treaty. He argues that Europe is working as it is and that an endless debate about structures will destroy this momentum. His conclusion:

“If Blair's last European hurrah is the production of a neat amending treaty, smaller in implication than any of the EU treaties Margaret Thatcher or John Major signed and ratified, he will have done his country, his Europe and Labour's hopes of staying in power a final service.”