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Of course :Lisbon was going to simplify all that - in 300 pages.  Argh...

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

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 03:08:01 AM EST
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My mistake... It appears the Lisbon treaty abolishes the Council Configuration of Heads of State or Government... I'd have to check whether the few places where this is mention in Nice are all carried over explicitly mentioning the European 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
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 03:13:00 AM EST
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Treaty of Lisbon

AMENDMENTS TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Article 1

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9) Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

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(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';



*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 03:42:58 AM EST
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