Open AccessFikcyjny Traktat Lizboński
Author(s) -
Adam Jaskulski
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
refleksje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-5006
pISSN - 2081-8270
DOI - 10.14746/r.2010.1.3
Subject(s) - treaty , european union , political science , politics , treaty of lisbon , voting , law , european integration , political economy , international trade , business , sociology
From the point of view of many European politicians, the Treaty of Lisbon should enable great development in the functioning of European Union. However, having analyzed the amendments introduced by this Treaty, one has to admit that either most of the changes had already functioned in the EU political system before December 2009, as political practice, or the changes have no major impact on EU. Therefore, a question should be posed why Lisbon Treaty was such an important issue for politicians that they wanted to ratify it despite the ‘no’ voting in Ireland. The only reasonable cause that could lead politicians to such a move is the fact that integration is still a vital process for the existence of EU. Another failure of treaty amendments could be seen as the end of the European project.