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Lisbon Fado: from Various Angles : University of Miami , Fado Jean Monnet Chair Miami-Florida European Union of Excellence Miami-Florida European The European Union The European under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) by José Sócrates and Prefaces José Manuel Durão Barroso Lisbon Lisbon Fado: The European Union under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) ca chesi Finn Laursen Francisco J. Lor María Lorca-Susino Daniele Mar Luís Silva Morais Joaquín Roy Schmidt Vivien Jacques Ziller tional voice. enhance regional t, despite its limitations, and strengthenits interna y new stage in the deepening of the integration ISBN: 1-59388-164-9 9 781593 881641 Chris Bickerton Astrid Boening Paulo de Pitta e Cunha Renaud Dehousse Roberto Domínguez Martín de Vidales Covadonga Ferrer Aimee Kanner Adam Kreidman Langenhove Luk Van Contributors process; if it is rejected, the first decade of the 21st Century will represent a period of integration. institutional stagnation in Europe’s Nonetheless, the chapters in this book share the consensus tha will make the EU decision Treaty the Lisbon making process more efficient, democrac To address the uncertainties surrounding the To of Lisbon,Treaty this book examines several issues from various angles. Regardless of the results of the second referendum in Ireland and the pending ratifications in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, the European Union (EU) Treaty. will not be the same after the Lisbon If it comes into effect, Europeans will enter into a Project Lisbon_fado 4/14/09 2:04 PM Page 1 : University of Miami , Fado Jean Monnet Chair Miami-Florida European Union of Excellence Miami-Florida European The European Union The European under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) by José Sócrates and Prefaces José Manuel Durão Barroso Lisbon Lisbon Fado: The European Union under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) ca chesi Finn Laursen Francisco J. Lor María Lorca-Susino Daniele Mar Luís Silva Morais Joaquín Roy Schmidt Vivien Jacques Ziller tional voice. enhance regional t, despite its limitations, and strengthenits interna y new stage in the deepening of the integration ISBN: 1-59388-164-9 9 781593 881641 Chris Bickerton Astrid Boening Paulo de Pitta e Cunha Renaud Dehousse Roberto Domínguez Martín de Vidales Covadonga Ferrer Aimee Kanner Adam Kreidman Langenhove Luk Van Contributors process; if it is rejected, the first decade of the 21st Century will represent a period of integration. institutional stagnation in Europe’s Nonetheless, the chapters in this book share the consensus tha will make the EU decision Treaty the Lisbon making process more efficient, democrac To address the uncertainties surrounding the To of Lisbon,Treaty this book examines several issues from various angles. Regardless of the results of the second referendum in Ireland and the pending ratifications in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, the European Union (EU) Treaty. will not be the same after the Lisbon If it comes into effect, Europeans will enter into a Project Lisbon_fado 4/14/09 2:04 PM Page 1 Lisbon Fado: The European Union under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) Miami-Florida European Union Center/Jean Monnet Chair, 2009 Lisbon Fado: The European Union under Reform Joaquín Roy and Roberto Domínguez (eds) Miami-Florida European Union Center/Jean Monnet Chair, 2009 Contributors Chris J. Bickerton Luk Van Langenhove Astrid Boening Francisco J. Lorca Paulo de Pitta e Cunha María Lorca Renaud Dehousse Daniele Marchesi Jose Manuel Durão Barroso Luís Silva Morais Roberto Domínguez Joaquín Roy Aimee Kanner José Sócrates Adam Kreidman Vivien A. Schmidt Finn Laursen Jacques Ziller The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence A Partnership of the University of Miami and Florida International University and The Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Miami The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence (M-FEUCE) is one of the 11 Centers of Excellence supported by the European Commission at universities throughout the United States, as part of a broader effort to promote people-to-people contacts across the Atlantic. Thus, these EU Centers promote the study of the EU, its institutions and policies and EU/US relations through teaching programs, scholarly research and outreach activities in their local and regional communities. The Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration, awarded by the European Commission’s Jean Monnet Action of the General Directorate of Education and Culture in 2001 to the University of Miami, has been exclusively dedicated to strengthen the teaching and research of the EU, with a strong specialization on its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and comparative regional integration. Miami - Florida Jean Monnet Chair Staff European Union Center Joaquín Roy (Director) University of Miami Astrid Boening (AssociateDirector) 1000 Memorial Drive María Lorca (Associate Editor) 101 Ferré Building Maxime Larive (Research Assistant) Coral Gables, FL 33124-2231 Phone: 305-284-3266 Florida International University Fax: (305) 284 4406 Web: www.miami.edu/eucenter Elisabeth Prugl (FIU, Co-Director) Inter-American Jean Monnet Chair Editorial Board: Carlos Hakansson, Universidad de Piura, Perú Finn Laursen, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Michel Levi-Coral, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador José Luis Martínez-Estay¸ Universidad de los Andes, Santiago de Chile, Chile Félix Peña, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina Stephan Sberro, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Eric Tremolada, Universidad del Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia International Jean Monnet Chair Editorial Advisors: Francesc Granell, University of Barcelona, Spain Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania ISBN 1-59388-164-9 Ediciones Universal Printed in the United States by Thomson-Shore, Inc. © Copyright 2009. Jean Monnet Chair/University of Miami. All rights reserved. No portion of the contents may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the publisher. Contents I. Institutional Prefaces Signing of the Lisbon Treaty José Sócrates Prime Minister of Portugal . 1 The Treaty of Lisbon: A Treaty for the 21st Century Europe Jose Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission . 5 II. Introductory Thoughts Lisbon Fado: Fate and Hope Joaquín Roy University of Miami . 11 Reflections on the Lisbon Treaty Paulo de Pitta e Cunha University of Lisbon . 17 Re-inventing the EU after the Irish ‘No’ Vivien A. Schmidt Boston University . 23 Ireland Votes ‘No’ Chris J. Bickerton Oxford University . 29 III. In Depth Analysis How to Reform the European Union: Is the Treaty of Lisbon Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Luís Silva Morais University of Lisbon . 37 The EU’s Treaty of Lisbon: Origin, Institutional Choice and Significance Finn Laursen Dalhousie University . 49 Correcting Past Mistakes: The Failure of the European Constitution and Its Resurrection as the Lisbon Treaty Adam Kreidman University of Miami . 67 Comparing the Lisbon Treaty with the Constitutional Treaty: Transparency in Process vs. Transparency in Results Jacques Ziller University of Pavia, Italy . 77 Can European Institutions Still be Reformed? Renaud Dehousse Sciences Po, Centre d'études européennes . 91 The Treaty of Lisbon and the Irish Impasse Francisco J. Lorca Saint Louis University in Madrid . 103 IV. External Reverberations The Lisbon Treaty and the Emergence of the Third Generation Regional Integration Luk Van Langenhove and Daniele Marchesi United Nations University . .. 125 The Role of National Parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon Covadonga Ferrer Martín de Vidales Universidad Complutense de Madrid . 145 Ten Years with the Euro María Lorca University of Miami . 175 The Euro-Mediterranean Union and the Lisbon Treaty Astrid Boening University of Miami . 195 Challenges and Opportunities: European Union-Latin American Relations after Lima and Lisbon Aimee Kanner Florida Atlantic University . 219 Conclusions: The New Europe after Lisbon Roberto Domínguez Suffolk University . 229 About the Authors . .. 235 I. Institutional Prefaces Signing of the Lisbon Treaty♣ José Sócrates Today we sign the Treaty of Lisbon. And the idea that motivates us in this cere- mony for the signature is quite simple: to advance the European project. A project that has always been generous in its purposes and ambitious in its objec- tives. A project that has proven to be at the service of peace, development and the affirmation of the values we share. It was this project of European construction that many generations dreamed of and others before us erected, with a sense and a vision of the future. But it is this project that we want, today, to take further, reinforce and develop. And that is what the people of Europe, those we represent here, expect from us. Today we need a stronger Union. Stronger to respond to the longings of the European citizens, to promote the European economy and defend European val- ues. But a more ambitious Europe is also the most important contribution we can give to a better world. Perhaps History will not mention the words that will be uttered in this cere- mony. But I am certain of one thing: what we are doing here is already part of History. History will remember this day as a day when new paths of hope were opened to the European ideal. With the Treaty of Lisbon Europe finally overcomes the political and institu- tional impasse that limited its capacity to act during the last few years. The overcoming of that impasse started when, facing doubts and uncertainties, the Trio of Presidencies – German, Portuguese and Slovenian – undertook as a priority the elaboration of a new Treaty. It is only right to recognize, also, that this process was successful just be- cause, at the right time, relied on the engagement of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who reached a mandate without which it would not have been possible to follow through this path. During all this process we could rely on the European Commission. I wish to thank the President of the Commission, Mr. Durão Barroso, all the help he gave the Portuguese presidency to conclude this Treaty.
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