Abstract
The European Union is constantly evolving. We are currently in the middle of the ratification process by Member States of the Lisbon Treaty ? or Reform Treaty ? which seems to mark the end of a constitutional agenda that was started by the Laeken Declaration in the aftermath of the Nice Treaty. I will try and address in the essay the extent, to which that constitutional reform of the EU has been an urgent priority and will try and assess its current status. I will start by looking at a broader level at the different EU constitutional issues before examining the constitutional agenda that the Union has been followed through the Laeken Declaration, through the Convention on the Future of Europe and the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, and finally through the Lisbon Treaty.
