Constructivism and evolutionism in the last twenty years (from 1992 to 2012) of (mega) constitutional politics in the EU

As said at the beginning of this work, the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty (CT) and the adoption of the disappointing Reform Treaty (RT) have been read by scholars ¹ as a proof that the EU cannot develop its constitutional ambitions. This conclusion can be challenged for both theoretical and empirical reasons (the latter stemming from the concrete comparison with other legal experiences), as I have tried to prove elsewhere. ² While I do not wish to enter this debate in this book, this chapter examines the last twenty years of constitutional politics at EU level, from 1992 to 2012, in light of the dichotomy constructivism/evolutionism, trying to present the last rounds of constitutional politics at EU level as a (frustrated) attempt at dominating (and reducing) the constitutional complexity of the EU.