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Gisela Stuart Labour MP and member of the presidium at the convention on the future of Europe, had an article in the Birmingham Post yesterday, in which she argued that, “The Constitution was an overambitious attempt to consolidate an outdated political and economic vision of Europe. Our mandate was to bring Europe closer to its people - and we ended up alienating them even more.” She wrote, “It’s no good saying the Constitution was rejected because it was not understood. Opinion polls in France showed that the more the French discussed it, the less they liked it. The same happened last year in Sweden when they voted against joining the euro, despite the campaign having been backed by the political parties, business and the media.”