The rejection of the proposed EU constitution by French and Dutch voters this year was the culmination of long-simmering discomfort with the goals of ever-closer-and ever-larger-union.

欧盟的目标是建立更紧密更大的联盟，而今年法国和荷兰对欧盟公宪的否决就是对这样一种发展前景所存担心的集中体现。

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Second additional protocol to the constitution of the universal postal union;

万国邮政联盟组织法第二附加议定书；

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"I therefore believe that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is not broken.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

In a letter in late 1861 from the front, "Will indeed settle the question, for some years at least, as to whether union or secession, the Constitution or rebellion, shall triumph.

在一封1861年年底来自前线的信中,"会解决问题,但至少需要数年,不管是联合还是独立,宪法抑或是起义,终将有一方胜利

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I shall make sure, as the Constitution orders me to do, that the laws of the Union are obeyed in all the states.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Given last May's rejection of the European Union constitution and the autumn's suburban riots, such discontent may be unsurprising.

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On one side, social unrest still lingers after voters decisively said no to the European Union constitution on May 29th.

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Certainly the new draft European Union constitution, voted down twice in three days in France and the Netherlands, is a lost cause.

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