Ceux qui avaient déjà ratifié la Constitution souhaitaient, ce qui est compréhensible, conserver autant que possible la forme originale du texte existant, tandis que d’autres demandaient un nouveau texte, qui se distingue le plus possible du projet de traité constitutionnel.
Those who had already ratified the Constitutions wished, understandably enough, to keep the existing text as close to its original form as possible, while others called for a fresh text as different as possible from the draft Constitutional Treaty.