The new Constitution has raised several debates across EU Member States. On the one hand, concerning institutional aspects of the Constitution, smallest countries feared that amendments support big countries such as France, Germany or United Kingdom. On the other hand, other countries feared that too much power be handed to Europe, especially UK about the Charter of Fundamental Rights. But it is undeniable that Europe needed a new Constitution especially with the recent enlargement. Institutions had to be reformed such as the European Commission or the Parliament. Institutions needed to be reformed, procedures had to be simplified, so we can say that the Convention worked in that way and this perhaps a step forward a more democratic Europe
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