The aim of this publication is an analysis of the process of European constitutionalisation and its entanglement with relevant national discourses. Thus, national constitutional traditions in Austria, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are evaluated with regard to the positions of the respective national representatives in the European Convention. Interviews with Members of National Parliaments and of the European Parliament as well as a content analysis of the debate on the future of Europe in print media form the empirical basis of this study.

Professor Dr. Sonja Puntscher Riekmann is professor for Political Theory and European Integration at the University of Salzburg and Director of the Institute for European Integration Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Wessels has the Jean Monnet Chair, Research Institute for Political Science and European Affairs at the University of Cologne.