[John Jorsett]

Backers said the constitution, which European leaders signed in October, would streamline EU operations and decision-making, and make the bloc more accessible to its 450 million citizens.

Only a bureaucrat could make a straight-faced assertion that, at 500+ pages, an EU constitution would 'streamline' anything.

[ValenB4]

"Only a bureaucrat could make a straight-faced assertion that, at 500+ pages, an EU constitution would 'streamline' anything."

The problem is the existance of so many regulations in the first place, whether they are formally in a constitution or not. Our government proves that a short and basic constitution doesn't prevent the development of burdensome and numerous regulations.