A quote from The Sunday Telegraph, 20 November 2005

Children as young as eight are being taught that the controversial European Constitution is up and running – even though it has been rejected by voters. More than 100,000 copies of a textbook claiming the constitution will help the EU run “like clockwork” have been distributed to primary school children on the continent. The taxpayer-funded teaching material is due to be “rolled out” across the EU from next year [...].

Last night the Tories denounced the new teaching material. Liam Fox, the shadow foreign secretary, said: “It is quite clear that the commission are determined to ram through the constitution, despite any democratic objections. And to do so they are using propaganda that would have been more at home in the brainwashing era of the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.”

[...] “Some people might argue that the constitution is dead,” said Willy Helin, head of the commission's embassy to Belgium. “But it is still on the table. The only thing that has been decided is that there will be a period of reflection.”