| Why then has the Nice treaty ratification ended in such ignominious defeat? |
| This meeting would discuss measures to stimulate the process of ratification of the accession treaty. |
| To help achieve ratification, he penned twenty-nine of the celebrated Federalist Papers. |
| The ratification was high on the agenda for the last sitting of the Slovak parliament before its summer recess. |
| During the ratification debate Federalists defended the Constitution by arguing that it granted the national government expressed powers only. |
| In short, the ratification process is stone dead, as is the constitutional treaty. |
