БУДУЋНОСТ ЕВРОПЕ У СВЕТЛОСТИ УГОВОРА ИЗ ЛИСАБОНА
EUROPEAN FUTURE IN LIGHT OF THE LISBON TREATY

Summary/Abstract: The author reflects on the future of the European Union in the light of the fact that the Republic of Ireland rejected the EU’s Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June 2008. In order to present the possibilities that lie ahead, the author analyses the circumstances that preceded the adoption of the Reform Treaty, as well as the actual process of its drafting. Furthermore, the author outlines similar problems that occurred in ratifying the previous amendments to the founding treaties in the history of European integration, and points out similarities and differences of these instances to the current situation in Ireland. By means of analyzing reactions of the Member States to the results of the Irish referendum, the author portrays the possible outcomes, and considers the most probable solution.

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