Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,1, University of Nottingham (Nottingham Trent University), language: English, abstract: European integration has been undergoing a special development recently. 2005 has been a decisive year for the future of the European Union and its member states. The draft of the Constitutional Treaty due to be ratified by the European member states has not been accepted by the Dutch and the French people. What impact do those decisions have on the European nation state? Do they state that European integration has saved the nation state implying that there will be no future federal European state? In what way has European integration undermined the nation state since 1945?
