believers in Europe are looking for. On the other hand it still offers substantial.
hope for them to continue their efforts towards a European Constitution. In the.
preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union at least.
we find that "the Union is founded on indivisible, universal values of human.
dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, it is based on the principles of.
democracy and the rule of law. It places the individual at heart of its activities;.
by establishing the citizenship of the Union and by creating an area of freedom,.
security and justice". And has Gustav Stresemann s vision in the 1920ies of a.
Europãische Munze" (a common European currency, the monetary union) not.
become reality? Are these common coins (which we have in our pockets and.
hands now for 7 weeks) not best forerunners, manifest heralds of a common.
constitution? Don't they themselves evidently demand a European Constitution?.
From a German perspective it looks as if the objectives of a European.
Constitution at present are harder to be found than its subjects. According to my.
analysis, postwar Germans have been and even postwall Germans are.
comparably in favor of the idea of a European Constitution. Data of the Euro-.
Barometer" show, indeed, that Germans are among the most ardent Euro-.
Constitutionalists, and so do public speeches of prominent German politicians.
Germans are representing a substantial quantity of Europe s population, in fact.
22 percent. My explanations may help you to better understand these Germans'.
motives and their enthusiasm in favor of a European Constitution. And they may.
complete our picture of who we − Germans and non-Germans: Europeans alike.
− are when it comes to an European Constitution.
3.
Seven specific experiences of German history have generated Germany's.
remarkable support for a European Constitution:.
(1) a unique German "Verfassungspatriotismus".
(2) a singular German acceptance of semi-sovereignty.