Do you remember when paperwork could really change things? The Belgian Senate’s approval of the EU Lisbon Treaty was more than just a formality. It was like a shot of energy for sports policy. In 2009 ...

Sally McNamara is a Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Europe in the Committee on the Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives on December ...

Abstract: Yet another EU treaty has gone into effect. This time, it is the Treaty of Lisbon. All sorts of tedious rule changes will result, adding yet more layers of bureaucracy and confusion to the ...

The Lisbon Treaty comes into effect on 1 December. It amends previous treaties of the European Union (EU) to account for its expansion from 15 member states in 1995 to the current 27. The treaty aims ...

The Czech Republic began its EU Presidency term two weeks ago, and already it has had to engage in a complex and crucial diplomatic situation – the gas crisis. Now the Czech Republic must pass the ...

European Union leaders have signed the Treaty of Lisbon to reform the bloc's institutions and give it stronger leadership, marking the end of a difficult process that has lasted nearly a decade. At an ...

The embarrassing efforts by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to downplay the significance of his signing the new European Union Treaty were more revealing than other European leaders, that clearly ...

Last year, Ireland cast a shadow over the future of the European Union in a referendum vote that rejected a treaty to reform the Union’s decision making, but on Saturday, Irish voters reversed that ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s last effort to enact a new treaty took eight years, prompted referendum no votes in three nations and has so far failed to deliver convincing results. So could the ...

THE BRITISH daily press has caught up with the row about the wasteful plans for all 27 European Union heads of government to sign the new EU treaty in Lisbon on the morning of December 13th, then fly ...