EuroComment - by Peter Ludlow
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June

TABLE OF CONTENTS     

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
The future of the Lisbon Treaty 1
Economic and financial questions 1
Energy and climate change 2
The December European Council and France’s EU Presidency 4
INTRODUCTION 5
1. THE FUTURE OF THE LISBON TREATY (PARAGRAPHS 1-4 PLUS ANNEX 1) 5
2. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS (PARAGRAPHS 5-18) 8
3. ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (PARAGRAPHS 19-25) 14
3.1 THE POINT OF DEPARTURE: THE COMMISSION’S PROPOSALS OF JANUARY 2008 14
3.2 THE NEGOTIATIONS PRIOR TO 10 DECEMBER 2008 15
3.3 THE END GAME: THE PLENARY DEBATE IN THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL 17
3.4 ANATOMY OF THE AGREEMENT 19
4. THE DECEMBER EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND FRANCE’S EU PRESIDENCY 23
ENDNOTES 28

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