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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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/

8. 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

9. 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/