EU as international organization

If you see the EU as international organization and see national sovereignty as primacy, then dissent must be respected. Majority rule is a concept that applies to states - if you strongly believe that the majority should have its way in the EU, then such a philosophy suggests creating a genuine European state.

International law is founded on the principles of "consent" (including ongoing consent) and "the sovereign equality of states". With its weighted voting and qualified majorities, the EU already looks quite unlike an international organization and more like a state. The revised constitution will take it further down that line. Pro-integrationalists say they are strongly opposed to creating a European state. But such protestations sit ill with their attitude to dissenting minorities. Indeed, this whole revised constitution is designed to make the EU more efficient at ignoring dissenting minorities.