I am happy to share with you the message I received from Peadar ó Broin, of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), in Dublin, Ireland, on two new language versions of the Treaty of Lisbon:
“Hi Ralf,
Just to let you know that the Irish Gaelic consolidated version of the Treaties will go up on the IIEA's website this Monday.
I noticed that there is now a version in Portuguese also, prepared by the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.eu2007.pt/NR/rdonlyres/1D96311C-F90D-4E97-B355-DFEA0DD1ABEA/0/TLconsolidado.pdf
You can link to the text via the website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.mne.gov.pt/ and via the website for the Portuguese Presidency of 2007: http://www.eu2007.pt/UE/vPT/Presidencia_Conselho/TratadoLisboa.htm
Thanks also for your daily illuminations on the Treaty of Lisbon. I noticed you got high praise from the folks who work on EU Law Blog - congrats!
Best regards,
Peadar”
***
For the Irish version and just to remind you: The IIEA has already published the complete Lisbon Treaty, the TEU, the TFEU and the Annexes as well as the Protocols, in English.
Go to http://www.iiea.com
If the number of languages with consolidated versions was seven or eight (Hungarian attested but not verified), we now know of 9 or 10 official EU languages covered out of 23.
Then there are a few alternative consolidations in French and German that I will try to include next time I update the list (last published 8 February 2008).
Are there more consolidated versions we should know about?
Ralf Grahn
Showing posts with label IIEA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IIEA. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Monday, 21 January 2008
Product plugging by Christopher Booker
In The Telegraph, Christopher Booker made a lot of noise about contempt for Parliament and the like. According to Booker, the Government asks MPs to approve the EU treaty even before they have a proper chance to examine what it is they are voting on.
Booker then goes on to plug the consolidated Lisbon Treaty being prepared by the end of the week by a private firm: “a 331-page text of the treaty with invaluable analysis” (cost £27.50).
I am not going into the interesting questions of journalistic ethics concerning product placement or downright marketing, but I sincerely hope that others will.
***
The Council’s refusal to publish consolidated versions of the Treaty of Lisbon, “putting all those amendments in context, in such a way that their significance can be understood” as Booker says, is a serious drawback for democratic debate in Europe.
Therefore, the readers of this blog have been kept aware of the different consolidated language versions that have been published, as far as I have been able to find out.
English speakers are, relatively speaking, in the enviable position to have three different consolidations of the Reform Treaty available, for free. Perhaps there is cause to mention the consolidated Lisbon Treaties in English again:
IIEA
Peadar ó Broin at the Institute of International and European Affairs (Dublin, Ireland) has produced a complete consolidation of the amended treaties, including the protocols and annexes, in a format easy to read
Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Annexes to the EU and FEU Treaties
Protocols to the EU and FEU Treaties and, where appropriate, to the EAEC Treaty
Go to http://www.iiea.com
Statewatch
Professor Steve Peers has painstakingly compiled a version consisting of several files for the Statewatch Observatory on the EU Constitution and the Reform Treaty, where likenesses and differences between the different reform stages are highlighted
Go to http://www.statewatch.org
Markus Walther
Markus Walther, who produced and published a German consolidated version of the EU Treaty of Lisbon on his web site, has posted an English readable consolidated version as well (a preliminary document without protocols and charter).
Go to http://www.mwalther.net/europa/eulaw-lisbon-mwalther.pdf
Other resources
Other resources on the Lisbon Treaty have been mentioned here frequently, with the latest posting dated yesterday, on some of the UK Parliamentary documents.
***
If Booker wants to scandalise the British government and market valuable books, they are his choices.
But the information already exists for those who are interested in the facts.
Ralf Grahn
Source:
Christopher Booker’s Notebook: MPs required to ratify Lisbon treaty without reading it; The Telegraph 19/01/2008;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3D2V4OJ542O2YSDQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/20/nbooker120.xml
Booker then goes on to plug the consolidated Lisbon Treaty being prepared by the end of the week by a private firm: “a 331-page text of the treaty with invaluable analysis” (cost £27.50).
I am not going into the interesting questions of journalistic ethics concerning product placement or downright marketing, but I sincerely hope that others will.
***
The Council’s refusal to publish consolidated versions of the Treaty of Lisbon, “putting all those amendments in context, in such a way that their significance can be understood” as Booker says, is a serious drawback for democratic debate in Europe.
Therefore, the readers of this blog have been kept aware of the different consolidated language versions that have been published, as far as I have been able to find out.
English speakers are, relatively speaking, in the enviable position to have three different consolidations of the Reform Treaty available, for free. Perhaps there is cause to mention the consolidated Lisbon Treaties in English again:
IIEA
Peadar ó Broin at the Institute of International and European Affairs (Dublin, Ireland) has produced a complete consolidation of the amended treaties, including the protocols and annexes, in a format easy to read
Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Annexes to the EU and FEU Treaties
Protocols to the EU and FEU Treaties and, where appropriate, to the EAEC Treaty
Go to http://www.iiea.com
Statewatch
Professor Steve Peers has painstakingly compiled a version consisting of several files for the Statewatch Observatory on the EU Constitution and the Reform Treaty, where likenesses and differences between the different reform stages are highlighted
Go to http://www.statewatch.org
Markus Walther
Markus Walther, who produced and published a German consolidated version of the EU Treaty of Lisbon on his web site, has posted an English readable consolidated version as well (a preliminary document without protocols and charter).
Go to http://www.mwalther.net/europa/eulaw-lisbon-mwalther.pdf
Other resources
Other resources on the Lisbon Treaty have been mentioned here frequently, with the latest posting dated yesterday, on some of the UK Parliamentary documents.
***
If Booker wants to scandalise the British government and market valuable books, they are his choices.
But the information already exists for those who are interested in the facts.
Ralf Grahn
Source:
Christopher Booker’s Notebook: MPs required to ratify Lisbon treaty without reading it; The Telegraph 19/01/2008;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3D2V4OJ542O2YSDQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/20/nbooker120.xml
Friday, 18 January 2008
Complete consolidated Lisbon Treaty in English
Yesterday I mentioned the updated and consolidated English language version of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) by Peadar ó Broin, of the Institute of International and European Affairs (Dublin, Ireland).
Now Peadar ó Broin has informed me that the Annexes to the Treaties as well as the Protocols have been added to the Institute’s web site:
http://www.iiea.com/
The Treaties, Annexes and Protocols can be downloaded freely.
I thank Peadar ó Broin for his work and the IIEA for making it possible. They have made life easier for a lot of people.
***
We know that there is going to be a referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon. The consolidations serve important domestic needs as a factual basis for public debate. But, at the same time the published consolidated versions offer needed reliable information to all European citizens and others who are able to use texts in English, especially those who have no consolidated version in their own language.
Dear Reader,
I look forward to further information from you on the Treaty of Lisbon: consolidated versions, official documents from the member states, popular presentations and scholarly literature, as well as information on the ratification processes.
Ralf Grahn
P.S. My oxymoron of the day is addressed to the European Council: Informed debate, without information?
Now Peadar ó Broin has informed me that the Annexes to the Treaties as well as the Protocols have been added to the Institute’s web site:
http://www.iiea.com/
The Treaties, Annexes and Protocols can be downloaded freely.
I thank Peadar ó Broin for his work and the IIEA for making it possible. They have made life easier for a lot of people.
***
We know that there is going to be a referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon. The consolidations serve important domestic needs as a factual basis for public debate. But, at the same time the published consolidated versions offer needed reliable information to all European citizens and others who are able to use texts in English, especially those who have no consolidated version in their own language.
Dear Reader,
I look forward to further information from you on the Treaty of Lisbon: consolidated versions, official documents from the member states, popular presentations and scholarly literature, as well as information on the ratification processes.
Ralf Grahn
P.S. My oxymoron of the day is addressed to the European Council: Informed debate, without information?
EU Treaty of Lisbon: CFSP common approach
I would like to see European leaders who make me proud.
***
The EU member states consult, they reach a common approach, and then they coordinate their action. That is the purpose of the European Union, isn’t it? Then, why communicate like it was a state secret?
In my dictionary ‘fair play’ is described as ‘respect for the rules or equal treatment of all concerned’.
It was a serious miscalculation by the intergovernmental conference (the European Council) to decide that no consolidated versions of the Lisbon Treaty are to be published by any EU institution before the amending Treaties are ratified in every member state and have entered into force. It was and is depressing that the other EU institutions acquiesce in this conspiracy of silence, and that individual ministers and MEPs, as well as European political parties are keener to show solidarity to their peers than to the public. (If anybody is in doubt as to the essential correctness of my assertions, I refer to the lightly sanitized postings on my blogs since the middle of October. If push came to shove, I would have to present my documented evidence, if not able to claim journalistic anonymity for my sources.)
Has anybody presented a recorded decision? Has anybody stepped forward to take responsibility, or to present the reasons openly? Not to my knowledge. Having asked around, I have found that most of the people ‘in the know’ prefer not to answer. It seems to be a more convenient option than lying or telling the truth, but it goes against the grain of democratic interplay.
The end result of the intergovernmental conference is that we have an unreadable Reform Treaty, which makes a mockery of open communication and the notion of democratic fair play. The damage caused is deeper and more long-lasting than the inconvenience caused by foaming fanatics claiming that 50 year old treaty provisions are novelties smashing state sovereignty (as in Britain) or social protection (as in France) or whatever.
The lack of a readable text has done nothing to dampen the spirits on the fringes, where conscientious analysis is less than highly regarded and balanced presentation unknown, but it has meant serious inconvenience for those, who would like to base their opinion on facts (without pre-programmed filtering or spin by office holders and institutions).
The citizens who want to know the end result conveniently can go to one of the available consolidated language versions of the Treaty of Lisbon, like the updated TEU and TFEU published in English by the Institute of International and European Affairs (Dublin, Ireland):
http://www.iiea.com
They are of great service to the public.
***
My own quest is a little bit different. I try to wade through the Lisbon Treaty, one Article at a time, taking note of the similarities and differences between the existing Treaties, the draft Constitution, the signed Constitution and the amending Treaties. This I do as objectively as I can. In addition, I offer my personal comments on the (proposed) ‘state of the Union’, from an EU citizen’s point of view.
I imagine that my work could be of assistance to students of European affairs (politcs, law, economics) and to generalist teachers as well as to interested citizens who would want to take a deeper look at the background or consider subjective but independent views untrammelled by inbred hostility or self-congratulatory institutional loyalty.
As long as the EU institutions fail to publish consolidated, readable versions of the Treaty of Lisbon in every official language of the Union, I find it meaningful to decipher the Reform Treaty, as far as I am able, given the practical constraints. And it offers me an opportunity to repeat (ad nauseam) how our leaders have failed to live up to expectations formed by their professed ideals and principles. The mixture of ingredients like fact, irony, sarcasm and humour may vary from time to time, but the theme is constant: Publish or perish. (It goes for all sides.)
I welcome reasoned debate and I prefer real persons who use their own names.
***
I would like to see European leaders who make me proud, and who take care of our common interests, while playing by the rules of fair play.
***
What does the intergovernmental conference (IGC 2007) have in store for us today? We go to the following exercise in public relations by our governments, the Treaty of Lisbon (OJ 17.12.2007 C 306/28-29) amending the Treaty on European Union (TEU).
"35) Article 16 shall be amended as follows:
(a) the words "inform and" shall be deleted, the words "within the Council" shall be replaced by "within the European Council and the Council" and the words "in order to ensure that the Union's influence is exerted as effectively as possible by means of concerted and convergent action" shall be replaced by "in order to determine a common approach";
(b) the following sentences shall be added after the first sentence: "Before undertaking any action on the international scene or entering into any commitment which could affect the Union's interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.";
(c) the following two paragraphs shall be added:
"When the European Council or the Council has defined a common approach of the Union within the meaning of the first paragraph, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within the Council.
The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the Union delegations in third countries and at international organisations shall cooperate and shall contribute to formulating and implementing the common approach.”
***
Today’s exercise seems fairly straightforward. First, we turn to the existing Treaty on European Union, Article 16 TEU (latest consolidated version OJ 29.12.2006 C 321 E/6):
“Article 16
Member States shall inform and consult one another within the Council on any matter of foreign and security policy of general interest in order to ensure that the Union’s influence is exerted as effectively as possible by means of concerted and convergent action.”
***
Then, starts the fun part: reconstructing the democratic intention of our leaders:
Article 16
Member States shall consult one another within the European Council and the Council on any matter of foreign and security policy of general interest in order to determine a common approach. Before undertaking any action on the international scene or entering into any commitment which could affect the Union’s interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.
When the European Council or the Council has defined a common approach of the Union within the meaning of the first paragraph, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within their activities within the Council.
The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the Union delegations in third countries and at international organisations shall cooperate and shall contribute to formulating and implementing the common approach.
***
The member states consult, they reach a common approach and then they coordinate their action. That is the purpose of the European Union, isn’t it? Then, why communicate like it was a state secret?
***
What does this consolidated Article remind us of? We turn to the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (OJ 18.7.2003 C 169/17) Article I-39 Specific provisions for implementing common foreign and security policy, or more exactly Article I-39(5):
“5. Member States shall consult one another within the European Council and the Council of Ministers on any foreign and security policy issue which is of general interest in order to determine a common approach. Before undertaking any action on the international scene or any commitment which could affect the Union’s interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council of Ministers. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.”
We then proceed to Article III-202 as proposed by the Convention:
“1. When the Union has defined a common approach within the meaning of Article I-39(5), the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within the Council of Ministers.
2. The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the delegations of the Union shall cooperate in third countries and in international organisations and shall contribute to formulating and implementing a common approach.”
***
In the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (OJ 16.12.2004 C 310) the first corresponding Article I-40 had a new, slightly altered headline: Specific provisions relating to the common foreign and security policy, and the ‘Council of Ministers’ had become the ‘Council’. Otherwise Article I-40(5) in the signed Treaty was the same as the corresponding provision drafted by the Convention.
Article III-301 of the Constitutional Treaty gave the wording a few touches, but in essence it took over the text proposed by the Convention in its Article III-202.
The Treaty of Lisbon, Article 16 TEU, merges the two corresponding Articles of the draft Constitution and the signed Constitutional Treaty without altering the substance.
***
This was today’s deciphering exercise. Slowly but surely we cover the ground the IGC 2007 would have us see only ‘through a glass, darkly’. (Thank you, Donna Leon.)
Ralf Grahn
***
The EU member states consult, they reach a common approach, and then they coordinate their action. That is the purpose of the European Union, isn’t it? Then, why communicate like it was a state secret?
In my dictionary ‘fair play’ is described as ‘respect for the rules or equal treatment of all concerned’.
It was a serious miscalculation by the intergovernmental conference (the European Council) to decide that no consolidated versions of the Lisbon Treaty are to be published by any EU institution before the amending Treaties are ratified in every member state and have entered into force. It was and is depressing that the other EU institutions acquiesce in this conspiracy of silence, and that individual ministers and MEPs, as well as European political parties are keener to show solidarity to their peers than to the public. (If anybody is in doubt as to the essential correctness of my assertions, I refer to the lightly sanitized postings on my blogs since the middle of October. If push came to shove, I would have to present my documented evidence, if not able to claim journalistic anonymity for my sources.)
Has anybody presented a recorded decision? Has anybody stepped forward to take responsibility, or to present the reasons openly? Not to my knowledge. Having asked around, I have found that most of the people ‘in the know’ prefer not to answer. It seems to be a more convenient option than lying or telling the truth, but it goes against the grain of democratic interplay.
The end result of the intergovernmental conference is that we have an unreadable Reform Treaty, which makes a mockery of open communication and the notion of democratic fair play. The damage caused is deeper and more long-lasting than the inconvenience caused by foaming fanatics claiming that 50 year old treaty provisions are novelties smashing state sovereignty (as in Britain) or social protection (as in France) or whatever.
The lack of a readable text has done nothing to dampen the spirits on the fringes, where conscientious analysis is less than highly regarded and balanced presentation unknown, but it has meant serious inconvenience for those, who would like to base their opinion on facts (without pre-programmed filtering or spin by office holders and institutions).
The citizens who want to know the end result conveniently can go to one of the available consolidated language versions of the Treaty of Lisbon, like the updated TEU and TFEU published in English by the Institute of International and European Affairs (Dublin, Ireland):
http://www.iiea.com
They are of great service to the public.
***
My own quest is a little bit different. I try to wade through the Lisbon Treaty, one Article at a time, taking note of the similarities and differences between the existing Treaties, the draft Constitution, the signed Constitution and the amending Treaties. This I do as objectively as I can. In addition, I offer my personal comments on the (proposed) ‘state of the Union’, from an EU citizen’s point of view.
I imagine that my work could be of assistance to students of European affairs (politcs, law, economics) and to generalist teachers as well as to interested citizens who would want to take a deeper look at the background or consider subjective but independent views untrammelled by inbred hostility or self-congratulatory institutional loyalty.
As long as the EU institutions fail to publish consolidated, readable versions of the Treaty of Lisbon in every official language of the Union, I find it meaningful to decipher the Reform Treaty, as far as I am able, given the practical constraints. And it offers me an opportunity to repeat (ad nauseam) how our leaders have failed to live up to expectations formed by their professed ideals and principles. The mixture of ingredients like fact, irony, sarcasm and humour may vary from time to time, but the theme is constant: Publish or perish. (It goes for all sides.)
I welcome reasoned debate and I prefer real persons who use their own names.
***
I would like to see European leaders who make me proud, and who take care of our common interests, while playing by the rules of fair play.
***
What does the intergovernmental conference (IGC 2007) have in store for us today? We go to the following exercise in public relations by our governments, the Treaty of Lisbon (OJ 17.12.2007 C 306/28-29) amending the Treaty on European Union (TEU).
"35) Article 16 shall be amended as follows:
(a) the words "inform and" shall be deleted, the words "within the Council" shall be replaced by "within the European Council and the Council" and the words "in order to ensure that the Union's influence is exerted as effectively as possible by means of concerted and convergent action" shall be replaced by "in order to determine a common approach";
(b) the following sentences shall be added after the first sentence: "Before undertaking any action on the international scene or entering into any commitment which could affect the Union's interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.";
(c) the following two paragraphs shall be added:
"When the European Council or the Council has defined a common approach of the Union within the meaning of the first paragraph, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within the Council.
The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the Union delegations in third countries and at international organisations shall cooperate and shall contribute to formulating and implementing the common approach.”
***
Today’s exercise seems fairly straightforward. First, we turn to the existing Treaty on European Union, Article 16 TEU (latest consolidated version OJ 29.12.2006 C 321 E/6):
“Article 16
Member States shall inform and consult one another within the Council on any matter of foreign and security policy of general interest in order to ensure that the Union’s influence is exerted as effectively as possible by means of concerted and convergent action.”
***
Then, starts the fun part: reconstructing the democratic intention of our leaders:
Article 16
Member States shall consult one another within the European Council and the Council on any matter of foreign and security policy of general interest in order to determine a common approach. Before undertaking any action on the international scene or entering into any commitment which could affect the Union’s interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.
When the European Council or the Council has defined a common approach of the Union within the meaning of the first paragraph, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within their activities within the Council.
The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the Union delegations in third countries and at international organisations shall cooperate and shall contribute to formulating and implementing the common approach.
***
The member states consult, they reach a common approach and then they coordinate their action. That is the purpose of the European Union, isn’t it? Then, why communicate like it was a state secret?
***
What does this consolidated Article remind us of? We turn to the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (OJ 18.7.2003 C 169/17) Article I-39 Specific provisions for implementing common foreign and security policy, or more exactly Article I-39(5):
“5. Member States shall consult one another within the European Council and the Council of Ministers on any foreign and security policy issue which is of general interest in order to determine a common approach. Before undertaking any action on the international scene or any commitment which could affect the Union’s interests, each Member State shall consult the others within the European Council or the Council of Ministers. Member States shall ensure, through the convergence of their actions, that the Union is able to assert its interests and values on the international scene. Member States shall show mutual solidarity.”
We then proceed to Article III-202 as proposed by the Convention:
“1. When the Union has defined a common approach within the meaning of Article I-39(5), the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States shall coordinate their activities within the Council of Ministers.
2. The diplomatic missions of the Member States and the delegations of the Union shall cooperate in third countries and in international organisations and shall contribute to formulating and implementing a common approach.”
***
In the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (OJ 16.12.2004 C 310) the first corresponding Article I-40 had a new, slightly altered headline: Specific provisions relating to the common foreign and security policy, and the ‘Council of Ministers’ had become the ‘Council’. Otherwise Article I-40(5) in the signed Treaty was the same as the corresponding provision drafted by the Convention.
Article III-301 of the Constitutional Treaty gave the wording a few touches, but in essence it took over the text proposed by the Convention in its Article III-202.
The Treaty of Lisbon, Article 16 TEU, merges the two corresponding Articles of the draft Constitution and the signed Constitutional Treaty without altering the substance.
***
This was today’s deciphering exercise. Slowly but surely we cover the ground the IGC 2007 would have us see only ‘through a glass, darkly’. (Thank you, Donna Leon.)
Ralf Grahn
Friday, 16 November 2007
Consolidated Treaty of Lisbon
Usually I am not a fan of anonymous commentators on Internet forums, including my blogs, because anonymity seems to breed a sniper mentality or grow from one. Now I am going to make an exception, for a good reason.
“Lisbon Treaty decrypted in 2009?”, one of my blog posts on the unwillingness of EU institutions and governments to publish consolidated (amalgamated) versions of the new and existing treaties, received a comment from Anonymous, who pointed me towards the Irish Institute of European Affairs (IIEA), which has published a draft of the Consolidated version of the Treaties amended by the Treaty of Lisbon. The consolidated version, in English, has been compiled by Peadar ó Broin.
Using small font and spacing this compilation manages to keep paper consumption at a reasonable level.
For a free download, go to: http://www.iiea.com
Students, teachers, researchers, journalists, politicians and officials at the EU, national, regional and local level, as well as interested citizens have been given a handy tool.
With French, Spanish (mentioned earlier) and English versions of the Reform Treaty already accomplished there are only 20 more language versions to publish in order to have all the official languages of the European Union represented.
Are there versions I have not noticed yet? Is the work in progress somewhere?
Ralf Grahn
“Lisbon Treaty decrypted in 2009?”, one of my blog posts on the unwillingness of EU institutions and governments to publish consolidated (amalgamated) versions of the new and existing treaties, received a comment from Anonymous, who pointed me towards the Irish Institute of European Affairs (IIEA), which has published a draft of the Consolidated version of the Treaties amended by the Treaty of Lisbon. The consolidated version, in English, has been compiled by Peadar ó Broin.
Using small font and spacing this compilation manages to keep paper consumption at a reasonable level.
For a free download, go to: http://www.iiea.com
Students, teachers, researchers, journalists, politicians and officials at the EU, national, regional and local level, as well as interested citizens have been given a handy tool.
With French, Spanish (mentioned earlier) and English versions of the Reform Treaty already accomplished there are only 20 more language versions to publish in order to have all the official languages of the European Union represented.
Are there versions I have not noticed yet? Is the work in progress somewhere?
Ralf Grahn
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