Of course not. First of all, the "constututional" part is only 55 articles in 34 pages. Second of all, Lisbon codifies the distinction between the Council configuration of heads of state and government and the European Council and makes the latter a separate institution, as well as renaming the Council of the European Union to simply the Council. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
AMENDMENTS TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Article 1 ... 9) Article 7 shall be amended as follows: ... (c) in paragraph 2, the words `The Council, meeting in the composition of the Heads of State or Government and acting by unanimity' shall be replaced by `The European Council, acting by unanimity' and the words `the government of the Member State in question' shall be replaced by `the Member State in question';
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9) Article 7 shall be amended as follows:
(c) in paragraph 2, the words `The Council, meeting in the composition of the Heads of State or Government and acting by unanimity' shall be replaced by `The European Council, acting by unanimity' and the words `the government of the Member State in question' shall be replaced by `the Member State in question';
