Among the institutional changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty, some have been more present in the media and public debate than others. Three months after the Treaty entered into force, we can still read at least a couple of articles a day about the President of the European Council, the High Representative for Foreign [...]
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The animated President of the European Council
Do you remember our little series with the terrible name “How to explain a political process with a video?“ No? Well, today, it is time to revive this category as I found a new animated EU video about the role of the President of the European Council produced by the TV Newsroom of the Council [...]
Ireland voted YES: But what’s next?
Finally, a YES for the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland. At least the second attempt was successful. So , what’s next? Now it is up to the Polish and Czech presidents to sign the treaty as well. Lech Kaczinski, the Polish president, promised to sign the text after the Irish voted ”yes’. So this leaves an [...]
Irish Lisbon Treaty Guarantees (Draft text)
After several months of rather difficult diplomatic negotiations (see for example here and here), the draft text for the Irish is now available - Read the draft text here (pdf).
The text will be discussed during the June summit of the European Council this week in Brussels.
Sorry, no time for further comments. Probably a law degree [...]
