lisbon treaty

You do not have to be a British Eurosceptic to break out in a rash at the very mention of the Lisbon treaty.

If nobody can find more convincing arguments in favour of the Lisbon treaty, the EU as a whole may yet find itself whistling in the dark.

It is not as if the Lisbon treaty is such a wonderful text.

The Lisbon treaty is meant to streamline the workings of the enlarged EU and give it a stronger voice in the world.

And less than a year after the Lisbon treaty came into force, the EU is talking of a new treaty.

It had taken years of tribulation to agree on the European Union's Lisbon treaty, which had only recently come into effect.

During the Lisbon treaty referendum the European Commission made clear that this was not and would not be under threat.

THE reverberations from last month's ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court on the European Union's Lisbon treaty seem to be growing.

"We did not agree with the Lisbon treaty's establishment of these posts. But they are now a fact, " Hague said.

Earlier, President Kaczynski had said he would ratify the Lisbon Treaty only if Ireland did.

The Lisbon treaty offers a few other sanctions, notably the suspension of a country's membership rights by a majority vote of other members.

In his interview, Mr Byrant said the time for arguing over the Lisbon Treaty had passed.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the main architect of the Lisbon treaty, wants swift approval of a law that does not hamstring the government.

Europe will remember this year for the "Lisbon Treaty" , its entry into force ushering the European Union into a new phase of development.

After the early disclosure of a draft statement showed that the "Lisbon Treaty" will add two sentences related provisions.

The Lisbon treaty created a permanent president of the European Council and a foreign-policy supremo, leaving less scope for agenda-setting.

In 2007 it was chopped up and repackaged as the Lisbon treaty, shorn of fancy bits like the anthem.

It's too soon to say whether the Lisbon treaty reforms will stiffen backbones and advance this unlikely but desirable prospect.

She was instrumental in securing the passage of the Lisbon treaty, which strengthens the EU's role in justice, migration and foreign policy.

A big trade union has just come out for a No, claiming that the Lisbon treaty harms "workers' rights" in favour of "big business" .

Such a merger has a precedent when the EU created the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy in the Lisbon treaty.

Supporters of the Lisbon treaty insist that its institutional changes will give the EU new strength to cope with a tricky new world.

Since the Lisbon treaty created a permanent president of the European Council the role has become less important.

He is an ardent opponent of the Lisbon treaty streamlining the way the EU is run and is the continent's leading climate change denier.

The party line is that the institutional changes in the Lisbon treaty ought to be put to a referendum.

he remains vague on what he would do if the Lisbon treaty, which his party loathes, is ratified before the election.

The Czech Republic is the only EU country, apart from Ireland, that has yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty.

To be clear, I am not talking about a change to the Lisbon Treaty but a new agreement.

In my view, with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, a new European Parliament is now emerging.

The impenetrable Lisbon treaty is verbose on this but uncharacteristically brief on the role of representation.

Having bungled the creation of the Lisbon treaty, Europe should now strive to make it work.

They opposed the Lisbon treaty and its previous incarnation, the EU constitution (as did this newspaper).

But investors know from experience that treaty amendment is neither simple nor quick (it took years to push through the Lisbon treaty).

Mr Jouvet acknowledged that ratification in the UK parliament of the Lisbon treaty setting new rules for the EU could be difficult.

Until recently the Irish Establishment had assumed that its citizens would rubber-stamp the Lisbon treaty, the repackaged EU constitution.

She backed the appointment of relative lightweights for both the EU presidency and the foreign minister's job created by the Lisbon treaty.

The proposed Lisbon treaty would centralise power over foreign direct investment into the Commission's hands.

Jockeying continued for the two top European Union jobs being created by the Lisbon treaty.

Some leaders may point to the new Lisbon treaty and predict that it will bring about a "Europe of results" .

The European Parliament will throw its weight around, using new powers from the Lisbon treaty to oversee almost all areas of EU regulation.

Lady Ashton has a perilously big job: "the sexiest innovation of the Lisbon treaty, " says one senior official.

Summit also seeks to reform EU institutions and decision-making mechanism of "Lisbon Treaty" the future of a compromise.

Top European Union officials have marked the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty in the Portuguese capital.

Most alarmingly, though, is that the Lisbon Treaty can be extended indefinitely without recourse to further treaties or referendums.

The Czech Republic's constitutional court deferred a hearing on the European Union's Lisbon treaty until after this week's EU summit.

The post would be created under the Lisbon treaty, which would also establish an EU foreign minister.

The European Union's Lisbon treaty was finally ratified when the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, signed it in Prague.

The rotating presidency has been stripped of many functions by the Lisbon treaty.

In the new century, the European Union further moved ahead with the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.

In 2009, the structure of EU governance was changed by the Lisbon Treaty, which diminished the power of the presidency.

He insists he will not sign off on a Lisbon treaty, which has already been ratified by the Czech parliament.

Mr Cowen's only consolation is a favourable shift in views of the European Union's Lisbon treaty.

Survey after survey shows that many are not interested in the Lisbon Treaty or the European institutions representing them.

As opposition leader in 2007, David Cameron offered a "cast-iron guarantee" to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

The Lisbon Treaty is set to tighten the existing structure of the European Union to strengthen its leadership and international clout.

That was seen as a warning to Cameron to temper his demands and go along with changing the Lisbon treaty or be bypassed.

Under the new Lisbon treaty, the EU's 27 members will be represented by a single figure, serving for two-and-a-half years.

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU will continue to grow in strength.

This newspaper thinks the Lisbon treaty is a useless muddle and should be binned.

In 2008 she rejected calls for a two-speed Europe when Irish voters rejected the Lisbon treaty.

This time it was the Irish, who voted no to the Lisbon treaty on June 12th by 53-47%, on a high turnout.

Mr Blair has refrained from throwing his hat into the ring for a job that does not exist until the Lisbon treaty is ratified.

Under the Lisbon treaty, this can be adopted by majorities that circumvent a Cypriot veto.

Yet Ireland's vote on October 2nd in favour of the Lisbon treaty marks a milestone for the European Union.

Now, under an obscure article of the Lisbon treaty, it is being revived in the European Parliament.

The Lisbon Treaty aims to streamline decision-making in the union with fewer national vetoes.

The latest version of the EU rule book, the Lisbon treaty, is a sorry case in point.

Yet that was the task entrusted to Lady Ashton when she was made the EU's "foreign minister" under the 2009 Lisbon treaty.

We are pleased to note that with the Lisbon Treaty coming into effect, EU integration process has entered a new stage.

Angelo Callant, a Flemish speaking Belgian, says he supports the Lisbon Treaty and he is proud that a Belgian is the EU first president.

The Lisbon treaty will change nothing on this front.

In a ceremony Saturday, Poland became the 26th country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty.

The parliament cannot change the Lisbon treaty, however.

The Lisbon treaty does not define the role in detail.

The second mistake is to overlook the aims of the Lisbon treaty.

The Lisbon treaty creates a new post of an EU president.

The Lisbon Treaty is intended to speed up decision-making in tweezer.

Similarly, it approved the Lisbon treaty.

The presidency will only come into existence when the Lisbon Treaty is ratified by all 27 EU states.

The new Lisbon treaty has boosted pan-European parties most of all.

The parliament expects to gain even more powers under the Lisbon treaty, assuming it is ratified by all 27 members.

A big sticking point will be Merkel's insistence on renegotiating the Lisbon treaty.

The good news is that the Lisbon treaty makes this relatively easy, procedurally.

But under the Lisbon Treaty's special article 50, a member state could leave the EU.

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