The Treaty of Lisbon

Starting with December 1st 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon has entered into force, concluding in this way a long period of debates and negotiations regarding to institutional issues.

The treaty of Lisbon has a major importance for European Union, providing the legal framework and tools for the Europe of 21st century.
As EU informs the treaty contains few main points as bellow:

• A Europe more democratic and transparent;
• More efficient and modern institutions;
• More justice, freedom and security for Europe;
• Good polities for a better position of Europe in the world.

Regarding to the first point, the Treaty of Lisbon points three principles of democratic governance in Europe:

• Democratic equality: the European institutions must give equal attention to all citizens
• Representative democracy: a greater role for the European Parliament and greater involvement for national parliaments
• Participatory democracy: new forms of interaction between citizens and the European institutions, like the citizens' initiative

Regarding to the institutions, there are seven EU institutions: the European Parliament, European Council, Council, European Commission, European Court of Justice, European Central Bank and European Court of Auditors. The treaty adjusts some parts of them to gain a better efficiency.

Regarding to area of Justice, Freedom and Security which have a high priority for the European Union, the Treaty of Lisbon facilitates more comprehensive, legitimate, efficient and transparent actions in this field.

The policies are pointing few major aspects as Climate change and the environment Energy, Civil protection, Public health, Public services, Regional policy, Research, Commercial policy, Sport, Economy, Data protection, Tourism.

NB: This summary is only for information and is not designed to interpret or replace the reference document, which remains the only binding legal text.

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