Indeed, from the start, the architects of the Union's Constitutional Treaty never seriously expected that their draft would endure in the form in which they wrote it. Instead, they saw themselves as following Europe's long established pattern of step-by-step integration.
De hecho, desde el comienzo, los arquitectos del Tratado Constitucional de la Unión nunca esperaron en serio que su proyecto durara en la forma en que lo redactaron, sino que consideraron que estaban siguiendo el arraigado modelo europeo de integración paso a paso.