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DEMOCRACY MONITORING

LEGAL MATTERS

The EU Treaties

http://europa.eu.int/constitution/print_en.htm EUROPA - Constitution - Print and Download Constitution   http://europa.eu.int/constitution/print_fr.htm EUROPA - Constitution - Téléchargez et imprimez   http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Home.htm The European Treaties and their ratification process

National Constitutions

http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Treaties/Treaty_Const_Rat.htm EU Members’ Constitutions in English (ECT Ratifications per EU member-state)   http://www.eurolibe.com/pages/constitution.html Les Constitutions des pays européens, en Francais   http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/langues/anglais/cst1.pdf The French Constitution, in English (.pdf)   http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/BIJUS/grundgesetz/ Loi fondamentale allemande + Deutschlands Grundgesetz, en Francais + in Deutsch

ASSESSMENT STANDARDS AND ANALYSIS

Facts and Legal References

http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Treaties/Treaty_Const_Rat.htm ECT Ratifications per EU member-state   http://www.iri-europe.net/files/050525/overview.html EU Members’ facts and legal issues facing the ratification of the TCE   http://www.iri-europe.net/ ?page_name=QandA Q&A Guide to the ratification process for the European Union’s new constitutional treaty   http://www.iri-europe.net/reports/countryindex.pdf 2002 (.pdf) - Country Index on Citizenlawmaking : A Report on Design and Rating of the I&R Requirements and Practices of 32 European States

Monitoring Standards and Analysis

http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/eu-criticism.html Some links to EU democratic analysis   http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/fileadmin/bund/pdf/EU-Kritik_20050505_en.pdf Analysis of the democratic aspects of the EU (see the page ’Some links to EU democratic analysis’ for updated version)   http://www.iri-europe.net/ ?page_name=Reports Initiative and Referendum Institute - Europe : Main reports

FRENCH TCE REFERENDUM MONITORING

LEGAL SOURCES FOR FRANCE

  http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/dossier/referendum/2005/

• Portal to the French referendum’s very complete legal survey

  http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/dossier/referendum/2005/documents/bilangeneral.pdf

• June 2005 (.pdf) - Bilan général : Le Conseil constitutionnel et le référendum des 28 et 29 mai 2005 sur la ratification du TCE (Final report on legal matters from the Constitutional Council, in French)

  http://www.csa.fr/infos/controle/television_elections_detail.php ?id=24604

• http://www.csa.fr/infos/controle/television_elections_detail.php ?id=24604 Legal matters, facts and survey from the French Broadcasting Authority : Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel

  http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/langues/anglais/essential.htm

• The French Constitutional Texts, in English

  http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/rubriques/b/b3_elections/b31_actualites/2005_DP_referendum_soiree/

• Modalités électorales et références légales : machines à voter, procurations... (Voir Dossier de Presse complet) du Ministère de l’Intérieur pour la campagne "électorale" ;

  http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/rubriques/b/b3_elections/b31_actualites/Dossier_de_presse_du_referendum/

• Dossier de Presse du Ministère de l’Intérieur pour le referendum : modalités électorales et références légales (chronologies, campagne, vote et principes...)

SURVEYS ON THE FRENCH REFERENDUM

  http://www.democracy-international.org/fileadmin/pdf/monitoring/di-france.pdf

• October 2005 (.pdf) - The ultimate report monitoring the French referendum process on the TCE (Arsène Richard et Ronald Pabst)

  http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/IMG/pdf/accompagnement.pdf

• April 2005 (.pdf) - The political landscape one month before the outcome (Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul et Morgan Larhant)

  http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Treaties/Treaty_Const_Rat_France.htm

• The French ratification process

  http://www.epin.org/pdf/comment_hughes_may05.pdf

• May 2005 (.pdf) - A French ’no’ : looming crisis for Europe ? (Kirsty Hughes)

  http://www.epin.org/pdf/debate_france.pdf

• February 2003 (.pdf) - France and the Convention : between national interests and a european vision (Maxime LEFEBVRE IFRI.org)

POLLS ANALYSIS

   http://www.ipsos.fr/CanalIpsos/articles/1545.asp

• Sociologie de l’électorat du référendum en France (recueil des sondages et analyses)

  http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/flash/fl171_en.pdf

• June 2005 (.pdf) - Post French referendum Eurobarometer : EU’s detailed polls and analysis

  http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/flash/fl171_fr.pdf

• Juin 2005 (.pdf) - Eurobaromètre Post référendum : Sondages et analyses détaillés de l’UE

TCE RATIFICATIONS MONITOR

SURVEYS ON THE TCE RATIFICATIONS

  http://www.EPIN.org/convention/ratification_monitor.html

• EPIN’s Referendum Monitoring Assessments

  http://www.iri-europe.net/files/260105/EPIN_WP12_final_version.pdf

• January 2005 (.pdf) - What Prospects for the European Constitutional Treaty ? Monitoring the Ratification Debates (Results of an EPIN.org Survey of National Experts, by Sebastian Kurpas, Marco Incerti, Justus Schönlau)

  http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Treaties/Treaty_Const_Rat.htm

• ECT Ratifications per EU member-state

  http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/IMG/pdf/Policypaper14-en-2.pdf

• May 2005 (.pdf) - The first Dutch referendum : a pre-ballot assessment

  http://www.democracy-international.org/fileadmin/pdf/monitoring/di-spain.pdf

• February 2005 (1,2 MB pdf 20 p.) - Spanish Referendum on the EU Constitution : Monitoring Report (Juan Carlos Madroñal ; MASDEMOCRACIA.org)

  http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=7&lang=en

• Publications on referenda on the TCE (see also [Topics]_[Constitutional Treaty] )

POLLS AND ANALYSIS

  http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/index_en.htm

• EUROPA - Public Opinion analysis - Homepage (Eurobarometers polls and analysis)

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