POLICIES AND STRATEGIES REGARDING EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LISBON TREATY
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES REGARDING EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LISBON TREATY

Summary/Abstract: The new treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, took over the provisions of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, managed to keep most of the institutional innovations proposed by the former treaty, even if it is only an act of amending the fundamental Treaties of the European Union. Among experts, there are some who argue that the new Treaty has its shortcomings: first, it does not change the hybrid character of the EU; second, intergovernmental practices still dominate the EU system; and third, the democratic deficit as a system feature is not significantly reduced. However, it is a legal highly important instrument which tends to deeply reform certain areas of interest. On foreign policy, it is stated by experts that the Lisbon Treaty creates a post-modern policy, representing the beginning of a new era in this area characterized by coherence.

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