Treaty of Lisbon
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This page brings together some basic information on the Lisbon Treaty, provides news and gives an overview of the countries which have already ratified the Treaty.
The Council published the consolidated version of the treaties based on the changes made by the Lisbon Treaty.
The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009. Here is a brief summary of the main changes.
Links
Guide by MEP Andrew Duff (UK) with overview of changes made by the Lisbon Treaty.
Provides fact sheets, a ratification map, the text of the treaty and publications by the foundation on the Lisbon Treaty.
Provides an overview of the key dates for and innovations by the Treaty of Lisbon.
House of Commons, Third Report of Session 2007-08, including formal minutes, oral and written evidence.
Briefing paper by Dr. Gerrard Quille (Directorate-General External Policies, Policy Department - Security & Defence), requested by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Here you can find the division of competences between the EU and the member states following the Lisbon Treaty. (text)
Literature
Kurpas, S., Crum, B., de Schoutheete de Tervarent, P., Keller, J., Dehousse, F., Andoura, S., et al. (Eds.) (2007) The Treaty of Lisbon: Implementing Institutional Innovations. Brussels: CEPS/European Policy Centre/Egmont-The Royal Institute for International Relations.
Biscop, S. (2008) 'Permanent Structured Cooperation and the Future of ESDP', Egmont Paper, 20, 1-19.
Nergelius, J. (2009) The constitutional dilemma of the European Union. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing.
Bonde, J-P. (Ed.) (2009) The Lisbon Treaty. The readable version. 3 ed. Brussels: Foundation for EU democracy. (http://en.euabc.com/upload/books/lisbon-treaty-3edition.pdf)
Missiroli, J. & Emmanouilidis, J. (2009) Implementing Lisbon: the EU Presidency’s other (rotating) half. EPC Policybrief, December 2009 (http://www.epc.eu/TEWN/pdf/97640204_Implementing%20Lisbon.pdf)
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