France and the Netherlands voted 'no' to the constitutional treaty. But why? And why did every other country say 'yes', with or without a referendum? Why didn't all EU countries plan to hold referendums? And what of the future of the EU? The aim of this book is to answer these and other questions. Fifteen of Europe's most competent analysts have written a chapter for Anders Samuelsen, The Danish Social Liberal member of the European Parliament, from the perspective of each their countries. They are analysts who normally write for papers such as Le Monde, The Financial Times, El País, Politiken, Corriere Della Sera, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The Guardian, just to mention a few. Based on the articles and his own experiences, Anders Samuelsen points out similarities and differences across the countries and outlines a possible way forward.