After several thematic discussions, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) has endorsed a report containing draft changes to the two EU’s foundational treaties, namely the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in which are the general provisions defining the Union, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which contains the specific provisions concerning EU institutions and policies. The failure of past attempts, as was the case with the European Constitution of the early 2000s, threatened the survival and unity of the EU, when important European states like France and the Netherlands rejected the Constitution via national referendums, after the general Convention of 2003.
