El rejection of the draft European Constitution in France and the countries The Netherlands has inevitably left the Union in a crisis that makes it indispensable the search for alternatives. As part of this search, a it is possible to see back, in history, with the aim of finding answers. One possible way to explore is how you get them Colonies located in the territory of what is now the United States. succeeded in overcoming their difficulties in creating a union it perpetuates, as Europeans want to build. In this context, the US and European integration processes, despite two centuries of distance seem so similar that a comparison between both cannot be ignored, notwithstanding certain real differences. The trend seems to be so compatible that it is necessary for the European Union learning from the experience of the former colonies of the US territory in the 18th century. That being the case, the process of European integration can be identified in an intermediate path between a mere alliance of states and a federation. Despite its peculiarity, the natural process of evolution in the European Union seemed to suggest whereas a federal state is the only long-term alternative to create a functional body and that the draft Constitution under discussion it would be a mere transition document in this trend. Equal form, there is a real need to build a European demos and start having the political will to take more comprehensive steps on, overwhelming prejudices that have been deeply rooted; but instead of creating “one” nation, the peoples of Europe seem to follow lost in their internal lawsuits. Unless Europeans get account of this fatal circumstance and follow a similar path to the The United States, it would seem that the EU is entering a mode self-destructive, especially now that the Constitution is agonising.