... review. In Finland, the ratificationprocess was under way, and the competent standing committee of the 4 The European ConstitutionParliament had already endorsed the Treaty. In the remaining nine ... would beheld in the United Kingdom. Opinion polls, however, indicated strong supportfor the Treaty in all the other ‘old’ Member States, starting with France and The Netherlands. The ratification ... proce-dures, thereby expressing their commitment to the Constitutional Treaty. Wehave noted the outcome of the referendums in France and the Netherlands. Weconsider that these results do not call into...