TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. The path towards Europe: le début
   • A new constitutional settlement
   •  Constitutional openness
   •  The choice for Europe
3. Judicial doctrines
   • Separation
   •  Integration (within certain limits
   •  Judicial cooperation
4. The constitutionalization of the choice for Europe
   •  Variety of national patterns
   •  The first constitutional reform (2001)
   •  Adjusting to the EMU (2012)
   •  National identity and European integration
   •  Counter-limits in another field: international law
5. The legal and political ramifications of closer integration.
   •  Variety of interpretations
   •  A new type of State
   • The defence of national identity and democracy
   • Acquis further integration? The new ESM treaty
6. Conclusion