Given the controversies and difficulties which preceded the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, it is easy to forget that the Treaty is a complex legal document in need of detailed analysis for ...

84% of business leaders in Ireland believe last year’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by popular referendum damaged the country’s international reputation. 84% of business leaders in Ireland ...

The European Union hailed the start of a new era on Tuesday (1 December) after its Lisbon reform treaty went into force, carrying with it the bloc’s hopes of becoming a more powerful force on ...

But following a terrible beating by Blair at the 2001 election and then a spell as shadow foreign secretary, warning that the ...

Compared to the Lisbon Treaty, David Cameron’s “reforms” are “not worth a light.” The 2009 treaty governs EU integration and includes all the provisions of the European Constitution rejected by the ...

Then, seven years later, it was the turn of the Lisbon Treaty, which was an attempt to streamline the EU. How did they vote? Just 35% turned out to vote on the Treaty of Nice in 2001, with 54% ...

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