Selv om forfatningstraktaten under stor fanfare blev undertegnet i Rom af statscheferne, viste den tid, der fulgte efter, at disse statschefer ganske enkelt var taget på en fornøjelig udflugt for at underskrive et meningsløst stykke papir.
The Treaty establishing the Constitution may have been signed in Rome with great fanfare by the Heads of State, but the period which came next proved that these Heads of State had simply made a pleasant excursion for the purposes of signing a meaningless piece of paper.