But a new attempt to revive parts of the defeated EU constitution has just been launched.

但是一项试图重启早已受挫的欧盟部分下发草案的计划正在进行。

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He won't even commit to giving the British people a say over the EU constitution.

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On Friday member states finally agreed an EU constitution that will ease the bureaucratic pressures of enlargement.

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So it is not impossible to imagine the idea of an EU constitution quietly slipping off the agenda.

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