Les efforts d’implication de la société civile organisée, au travers d’auditions, de consultations et de la participation d’observateurs choisis par les partenaires sociaux et le CESE, ont constitué un progrès notable, y compris au regard des pratiques constitutionnelles dans la plupart des États membres.
This method of drawing up the Constitutional Treaty does, in itself, represent a step forward which deserves to be drawn to public attention. The efforts to involve civil society organisations, by means of hearings and consultations and through the participation of observers selected by the social partners and the EESC, marked a real step forward, also vis-à-vis the constitutional practices pursued in the majority of the Member States.