Constitution needed for a "more democratic" EU President Pöttering also said the draft European Constitution is needed "to make the European Union more democratic, more open and closer to the citizens...we wish the substance of the Constitutional Treaty, including the expression of our common values, to become legally binding before the European elections of June 2009".
Viņš norādīja, ka Parlaments vēlas, lai Konstitucionālā līguma saturs kļūtu juridiski saistošs vēl pirms Eiropas vēlēšanām 2009. gada jūnijā.