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Who killed the constitution?

机译：谁杀了宪法？

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On December 12th European leaders sat down to lunch expecting to thrash out final details of a constitution for the European Union. But the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who was in the chair, had other ideas. "Let's talk about football and women instead. I know a lot about women, I've even featured in the pages of Playboy, but I know there are other people around this table who know even more," he said. Turning jovially to the German chancellor, Mr Berlusconi remarked: "Gerhard, you have had four wives-what can you tell us about women?" Neither Mr Schroder nor any of the women at the table was amused. It was an inauspicious opening. A day later Mr Berlusconi reported to a reconvened group that the talks had failed. In the intervening 24 hours the Italian prime minister had held a string of bilateral meetings. The main argument was over how many votes each country should have when the EU makes laws. The draft constitution proposes a "double majority", under which a law needs the support of a majority of countries, representing 60% of the EU'S population. This was firmly backed by France and, especially, Germany, which has the largest population of all. But Poland and Spain insisted on sticking to a voting system agreed in Nice three years ago that gives each of them almost as many votes as Germany, despite having only about half as many people. Tempting as it is to blame the breakdown chiefly on Mr Berlusconi's eccentric chairmanship, there might not have been any deal in reach.
机译：12月12日，欧洲领导人坐下来共进午餐，期望就欧盟宪法的最终细节进行讨论。但是担任主席的意大利总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼（Silvio Berlusconi）还有其他想法。他说：“让我们谈论足球和女性。我对女性了解很多，甚至在花花公子的页面上都有介绍，但是我知道桌子周围还有其他人知道更多。”贝卢斯科尼先生兴高采烈地转向德国总理，他说：“格哈德，你有四个妻子，你能告诉我们一些关于女人的事情吗？”施罗德先生和桌上的任何女人都没有被逗乐。这是一个不吉利的开幕。一天后，贝卢斯科尼向一个重新召集的小组报告说，谈判失败了。在随后的24小时内，意大利总理举行了一系列双边会议。主要争论是欧盟制定法律时每个国家应获得多少票。宪法草案提出了“双重多数”，根据该法律，法律需要得到代表欧盟60％人口的大多数国家的支持。这得到了法国，尤其是人口最多的德国的坚定支持。但是波兰和西班牙坚持坚持三年前在尼斯达成的投票制度，尽管只有大约一半的人，但他们每个人的投票几乎与德国一样多。诱人的做法主要是将崩溃归咎于贝卢斯科尼先生的怪异主席身份，可能没有达成任何协议。

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