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Lisbon Treaty update

Margaret Watson Academic Services Librarian Bodleian Law Library 3 December 2009. Lisbon Treaty update. Lisbon Treaty. What is it? What is its history? What’s changed? Where to look it up online Press releases and commentary. What is the Lisbon Treaty?. Amends the EU and EC treaties

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Lisbon Treaty update

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  1. Margaret Watson Academic Services Librarian Bodleian Law Library 3 December 2009 Lisbon Treaty update

  2. Lisbon Treaty What is it? What is its history? What’s changed? Where to look it up online Press releases and commentary

  3. What is the Lisbon Treaty? Amends the EU and EC treaties Entered into force 1 December 2009 3

  4. Lisbon Treaty: an 8-year process 2004: Constitutional Treaty signed in Rome 2005: French and Dutch voters reject the Constitutional Treaty 2007: Lisbon Treaty signed 2008: Irish voters reject the Lisbon Treaty 2009: Irish voters accept the Lisbon Treaty, and Czech Republic is the last country to ratify it 4

  5. What does Lisbon Treaty do? Amends the EU and EC treaties Simplifies working methods and voting rules Modifies institutions: new posts created Charter of Fundamental Rights becomes European primary law Gives the EU a single legal personality Increases EU influence on security and justice 5

  6. What’s changed for me? 1. New documents: Lisbon Treaty Consolidated treaties 2. Renumbering of the Treaty articles 6

  7. Lisbon Treaty online Official Journal C 306 17.12.2007 Official Journal C 115 9.5.2008 Link from the Council website http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ Link from EUR-Lex http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ Link from Europa http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/ 7

  8. Press releases etc. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo1_6308/ http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news 8

  9. Wider reading … http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=948 http://bruxelles.blogs.liberation.fr/coulisses/ http://www.statewatch.org/ http://euobserver.com/ http://ideasoneurope.eu/ 9

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