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The Lisbon Treaty settled a new balance of power within the EU political process, through the so-called institutional reform. However, the Lisbon balance of power was changed by the Euro crisis, which saw the strengthening of member states' influence within the Union. The greater role taken by the European Council on crisis management went along with a new balance of power between member states, with Germany acting as a hegemonic power, and a group of countries taking political benefits from the crisis. The article also focuses on how the Euro crisis impacted on the role of the Commission and how the institution interacted with the new balance of powers. Adapted from the source document.

The North Atlantic Treaty Council of Lisbon was essential for the evolution of the European defense effort. Assembled in the Portuguese capital, the Foreign Ministers of the Alliance took important decisions regarding the enlargement & the deepening of the political structure of NATO. Additionally they established the formula to integrate West Germany in the European defense system. Even though Portugal stood aside from this negotiation process, the developments in NATO allowed the Portuguese regime to consolidate its international position & to define its strategy regarding the European integration process & the transatlantic relations. Adapted from the source document.

The official counsel of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of the ED treaty final negotiations writes about the new Lisbon Treaty. The new treaty is but the last stage of a slow process of reorganization of the European project which started back in 1992, with the Maastricht Treaty. Two issues were stake in the final negotiations: it was not possible to depart from the substance of the EU Constitutional treaty land it should be rewritten so as to be unreadable. The opacity of the new treaty may yet have negative consequences & will certainly not cone political mobilization of European Citizens. Adapted from the source document.

In the current article a brief commentary is made on the European political situation, in the aftermath of the profound crisis in which the Union is immersed ever since the arrival of the hurricane Euro. In the face of the complexity of the theme, the article is focused on two subjects marking the European agenda: on the one hand, the gradual rising of a different narrative about the Euro crisis vis-a-vis that which has prevailed in Germany's speech, as well as that of the main EU countries and the supranational institutions; on the other hand, the difficulties that may stand in the way of European politics at the institutional level, should the Eurozone countries -- or a hard nucleus of member-states -- decide to go ahead with a solution involving the furtherance of the integration process. Adapted from the source document.

Even a brief summary of the new treaty should mention the decisiveness of the German engagement to find a solution to the European crisis after the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty & the negative referenda of 2005. Both the formal & substantive changes introduced by the new treaty are analyzed before concluding that the Reform Treaty includes almost all the modifications that been introduced by the Constitutional Treaty to the European Communities & the European Union treaties. Adapted from the source document.