Traduction de «Traits fondamentaux du caractère » (Français → Anglais) :

However, it also dropped many key features: the notion of a ‘Constitution’; the loss of the title and status of ‘Foreign Minister’; the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights will not be spelt out visibly in full in the treaty, and not be enforceable in British courts; the removal of the symbols (flag and anthem); the abandonment of changes on legal terminology (where ‘regulations’ and ‘directives’ would have been called ‘laws’ and ‘framework laws’); the postponement of and changes to the new voting weights in the Council; and various derogations given to individual Member States, such as the UK.

One of the fundamental characteristics of Canadian society is the distinct nature of Quebec.

They seldom capture the imagination of the public but they do reveal certain fundamental traits of their authors.

The Constitution consolidates and simplifies half a century of Treaty changes allowing us to move from 12 basic treaty acts to a single text: it makes the Union more open and simpler to understand.

The new constitutional treaty will make the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding and will allow the Union to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Indeed, the most serious obstacle today to the development of the area of freedom, security and justice is the failure to adopt the draft Constitutional Treaty which, by making the Charter of Fundamental Rights binding in every sector of the Union’s activities and extending the Community method to include judicial, criminal and police cooperation, would have resolved many of the problems that still remain.