Legal opinion on the constitutional aspects of the Draft Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people to the Lisbon Treaty. Cover Image

Opinia prawna na temat aspektów konstytucyjnych projektu Protokołu w sprawie obaw narodu irlandzkiego co do traktatu z Lizbony.
Legal opinion on the constitutional aspects of the Draft Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people to the Lisbon Treaty.

Author(s): Katarzyna Kubuj
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Poland; Lisbon Treaty; Protocol on the Concerns of Irish People;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the opinion is a draft Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people to the Lisbon Treaty, being a proposal to revision of the Treaties. The grounds of the Irish Protocol are directly related to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, which in Ireland had a complex nature. The Protocol is a document of a diverse, inconsistent nature. Its provisions correspond, to some extent, with legal solutions containing guarantees for particular EU Member States. It also contains declarations of interpretative nature and provisions modifying the existing Treaties. Moreover, some provisions of the Protocol do not offer new regulatory measures, since they reproduce provisions contained in the Treaties. This may raise doubts about the desirability of their inclusion in this document.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 130-144
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish