Tratatul de la Lisabona: Implicatii Asupra Institutiilor si Politicilor Romanesti (The Treaty of Lisbon: Impact on Romanian Institutions and Policies)

The study analyzes the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty and Romania’s place and part in this new European context. Specifically, we identify the changes the Treaty brings and the way in which the Romanian institutions and policies should thereat react. We also draw a picture of the state of play in Romania, 7 years after the conclusion of the EU accession negotiations and 4 years after the accession – i.e., an analysis of Romania before and after the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty.

We begin the study by highlighting the changes brought by the Lisbon Treaty, starting specifically with the particular reform method that has allowed the existence of the Constitutional Treaty – an institutional landmark that “feeds” the Lisbon Treaty. We also analyze the political and institutional consequences of the multiple novelties set forth by the document: from the awarding of the legal entity status to the EU to the disappearance of the EC and the EU’s accession the EHCR; from the reform of the method to the reform of institutions; from the drawing up of a new institution of the European council to the development of the ESEA; from the threefold capacity of Catherine Ashton (High Representative, President of the External Affairs Council, Vice-President of the Commission) to the significance and implications of the permanent President of the European Council position held by Van Rompuy; from the place and the global role of the EU to the place and the role of the European citizen in the European Union; from the place and the role of the national parliaments in the decision-making procedures of the EU to the array of institutional capacities; from subsidiarity to the regions and local communities and so forth. Last, but not least, we would like to debate the question of values, of a European model and its possible sprawling. We would also like to look towards the future and analyze the EU “Europe 2020” and “Europe 2030” Strategies.

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Keywords: Lisbon Treaty, decision-making procedures of the EU, Romania

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Bărbulescu, Iordan Gheorghe and Iancu, Alice and Ion, Oana-Andreea and Toderas, Nicolae, Tratatul de la Lisabona: Implicatii Asupra Institutiilor si Politicilor Romanesti (The Treaty of Lisbon: Impact on Romanian Institutions and Policies) (2010). Strategy and Policy Studies, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2148056