The EU
In the light of a recent study showing that 9 out of 10 Europeans know little or nothing about the new EU constitution, the BBC does a good job by providing some helpful resources:
Quick overviews:
- EU Constitution
- Where member states stand
- A timeline of the EU
In greater detail:
- A briefing on European Constitution referendum as part of a new (beta) section called iCan aimed at encouraging and facilitating participation.
- The full text of the Constitution in pdf format.
Good value!
Elsewhere, as previously mentioned here, there’s also the European Constitution Wiki which deserves a lot of support.
Oh, and I see the blog of Margot Wallström, the EU Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication, has now been fully activated with comment features and feed. Excellent.
I feel sure that her commendable example will bring her colleagues to follow soon.
Update:
A pretty sharp observation from CorporateBlogging.info:
I hadn’t noticed… the url had changed from
europa.eu.int/comm/commission_barroso/wallstrom/weblog/
to
weblog.jrc.cec.eu.int/page/wallstrom
Could be an insignificant technical detail. Could also be a sign telling us that the Commission has prepared it’s infrastructure for more blogs.
I’d be willing to bet a bundle on it!

