The defining act for the creation of any nation is often the writing and ratifying of its Constitution. A Constitution has two main functions: to address the rights (powers) of its respective government and to enumerate the rights of the individuals residing under said government. In these respects, the US Constitution and the EU Constitution are very much similar. Each document sought to take separate states (the colonies for the US and the member countries for the EU) and bring their individual personalities together under an overreaching governing body. The documents are so similar in structure, in fact, that the EU Constitution was said to have been born out of an "American Model". In as much, the EU Constitution includes a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union that is akin to the US Bill of Rights. While each Constitution contains similar provisions for individual rights, the EU charter is much longer and more globally minded. The EU Constitution, despite being, in......
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