| Congressional Representative Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,545 Country:  Level up: 67%, 66 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by garysher  Relax Grace it's just a scare piece from the Daily Telegraph!
The European Constitution has been rejected by referendums in Denmark and France. Yes even the French don't want it!
The British won't even bother to hold a referendum because it's a complete non-starter.
So don't worry - There'll Always Be An England! | They worked there away around that. Treaty of Lisbon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Treaty of Lisbon (also known as the Reform Treaty) is a treaty signed on 13 December 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. It alters how the European Union (EU) works through a series of amendments to the Treaty on European Union (TEU, Maastricht) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC, Rome), the latter being renamed Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The two consolidated treaties would form the legal basis of the Union, and combined constitute most of the content of the rejected European Constitution.
The most prominent innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon are arguably the scrapping of the pillar system, reduced chances of stalemate in the EU Council through more qualified majority voting, a more powerful European Parliament through extended codecision with the EU Council, as well as new tools for more coherent policies, such as a long-term President of the European Council and a High Representative for Foreign Affairs. (see more below)
The Treaty of Lisbon is scheduled to be ratified in all Member States by the end of 2008, in time for the 2009 European elections. |