Both europhiles and eurocrats shudder at the prospect that rejection in several member states, particularly in a large one, might kill the project, leaving the Union to muddle through with the Nice Treaty. On the other hand, if the protagonists are patient, the winds of democracy could lead to a stronger constitution, free of the risks of economic and judicial nightmare that some aspects of the present draft entail.
《欧盟宪法》将进行多重投票公决的前景极大地改变了其获得批准的几率。欧盟集权的支持者和欧盟的官僚们对该宪法可能被拒的前景忧心忡忡。如果某几个成员国，特别是大国在全民公决中否决了该宪法，那么欧洲的立宪进程就可能前功尽弃，那时欧盟所能依靠的也就只有《尼斯公约》这根救命稻草了。但如果欧盟宪法的倡导者们有足够的耐心，那么民主之风可能会引导欧洲制定一部更为健全的宪法。这部宪法将不会带来经济和立法困境的风险。而这样的风险现在就存在于目前的宪法草案之中。