Originally Posted by BRISK

The EU has been an evolving concept from it's earliest beginnings over 50 years ago. It has been through the debate and negotiation of many treaties in its history, if one or more countries were to reject the currently proposed constitution, they wouldn't just all get up from the table and walk away from the idea of the EU. If any country were to reject the constitution, it certainly wouldn't help to move the EU forward, but at the same time, it wouldn't be the end. It's not a black or white situation. Rejecting the constitution now could simply be a hurdle in the path towards eventually agreeing to it, or a future revised version of it.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the US Constitution wasn't exactly a walk in the park either.