Jose SocratesOctober 2007
At the meeting of the European Council Portugal insists that the Treaty (the Reform Treaty) be signed in Lisbon
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At the meeting of the European Council Portugal insists that the Treaty (the Reform Treaty) be signed in Lisbon
This record states: Prominent changes included the move from unanimity to qualified majority voting in at least 45 policy areas in the Council of Minister's, a change in calculating such a majority to a new double majority.
This record states: a more powerful European Parliament forming a bicameral legislature alongside the Council of Minister's under the ordinary legislative procedure, a consolidated legal personality for the EU and.
This record states: the creation of a long-term President of the European Council and a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
At the meeting of the European Council in October 2007, Portugal insisted that the Treaty (then called the 'Reform Treaty') be signed in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. This request was granted, and the Treaty was thus to be called the Treaty of Lisbon, in line with the tradition of European Union treaties. The Portuguese presidency was appointed to the job of organising the programme for a signing ceremony
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