ABSTRACT
Modern constitutions, such as the United States' Constitution, were primarily concerned with defining a model of government. Some countries, such as the United Kingdom (UK), do not have written constitutions. Despite the claims of certain scholars that a constitution could practically be reconstructed merely by cutting and pasting from the Statute Book, the fundamental principles at the very heart of UK institutions rely on tacit constitutional conventions. In a European Constitution, set out in a clear, concise document, some discern the opportunity to promote European citizenship via the declaration of a common identity. An economic constitution is responsible, within a broader constitutional framework, for regulating economic relationships. The number of immigration applications varies according to the point in the economic cycle. The principles of subsidiarity and mutual recognition require a series of decisions to be taken at a potentially constitutional level in economic terms by European Union Member States.
