Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon
[2] The Lisbon Treaty came into force on the first day of the month following the deposition[3][4] of the last instrument of ratification with the government of Italy, which was 1 December 2009.
For the discussion of the specific legal situation in countries which have encountered obstacles in the ratification process, see relevant section below the table.
[85] Prior to that, President Klaus stated that he was awaiting the verdict of the Constitutional Court concerning a complaint submitted by senators against certain parts of the treaty.
[87] Beside the constitutional challenge president Klaus, notwithstanding Czech parliament approval of the treaty, asked for an opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
These decrees are still part of the domestic law of both Czech Republic and Slovakia (the latter not having requested any exemption from the charter).
Accordingly, the Court is not competent ratione temporis to examine the circumstances of the expropriation or the continuing effects produced by it up to the present dateIn the opinion it's also noted that, even if those clauses concerning property rights were enforceable, EU would not have any say on this as the Treaty establishing the European Community explicitly states (art.
[91] On 3 November 2009, the Czech Constitutional Court approved the treaty, clearing the way for President Klaus to sign it,[92][93] which he did that afternoon.
Germany ratified the Lisbon Treaty in September 2009 after having placed on hold some fifteen months earlier.
The 147-page-long ruling focuses on the structure of the European Union according to the Lisbon Treaty and its relationship with the Basic Law.
[98] The Bundestag held an extraordinary session on 26 August 2009 to examine a draft law on strengthening parliamentary oversight.
The decision on whether to hold a referendum or not is a matter for the Irish government, acting on the unpublished advice of the Attorney-General.
Those campaigning for the no vote included political parties Republican Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin, lobby group Libertas, campaign group Cóir the People Before Profit Alliance and the Socialist Party.
[110] First plans for a revote appeared in July 2008: the term of the current European Commission would be extended until the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, member states would agree not to reduce the number of Commissioners and Ireland would hold another vote in September or October 2009 after receiving guarantees on abortion, taxation and military neutrality.
[111] On 12 December 2008 the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen confirmed that a second referendum would be held, after an EU leaders summit agreed to keep 1 Commissioner per member state and to incorporate legally binding guarantees on abortion, taxation and military neutrality in the Croatian Accession Treaty.
[114] Shortly after Ireland's first referendum, Polish President Lech Kaczyński had said that it would have been pointless to give his final signature before a solution to the Irish no vote could be found.
After the Irish electorate had approved the treaty in the second referendum, President Kaczyński then signed Poland's instrument of ratification on 10 October 2009.
[120] In early October 2007, the Commons' European Scrutiny Committee had found that the treaty was "substantially equivalent" to the rejected constitution.
[121] In mid October 2007 Bill Cash tabled an early day motion calling for a referendum on the treaty, with 47 supporting signatures.
Prime Minister Brown (who had replaced Blair on 27 June 2007) rejected calls for an election on the grounds that the treaty had significant differences from the constitution.
[123] Gisela Stuart called for a number of measures that would help avoid a crisis of legitimacy for the treaty: a referendum on ratification, the creation of a cabinet-level Europe minister who would be accountable for negotiations, and that the final ratification of the bill (and any further changes to changes to qualified majority voting (QMV) in the European parliament) to be a matter of primary legislation that would go through all the parliamentary stages rather than being whipped through.
The 147-page ruling focused on the structure of the European Union that will be established after the Lisbon Treaty goes effective and its relationship with the Basic Law.
Mr Wheeler claimed the government was legally bound by an election promise to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
[136][137] Bill Cash MP sought a judicial review in the UK High Court on 17 June 2008 on the grounds that the Irish referendum vote had made the Lisbon Treaty "incapable of ratification".
[119] On 24 November 2010 the Polish Constitutional Tribunal rejected a case brought by a group of senators challenging the national measures put in place in Poland in order to ratify the treaty.
