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European union according to the Treaty of Lisbon

Tamara Ćapeta ; (Associate professor of European Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb

Abstract

After a long period of suspense and many difficulties, the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2009. It has changed legal and institutional framework of the European Union to some degree. Thus, the Treaty is of constitutional importance for the Union. It has changed the previous Treaties on which the Union was based. The last pre-Lisbon version was the Treaty of Nice (2002).
The new Treaty reflects the efforts of the Union to adapt to its new circumstances that occurred primarily due to a huge enlargement from 15 members in 1995 to 27 in 2007. The aim of this paper is to give a brief outline of the most important changes the Treaty of Lisbon brings to the united Europe.

Keywords

European Union; the Treaty of Lisbon

Hrčak ID:

135481

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/135481

Publication date:

8.3.2010.

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