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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9946

23 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/united kingdom
Tories predict institutional problems with Lisbon Treaty - Balkans "test case" for CFSP, says Mr Hague

Brussels, 22/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (which the British Conservatives would put a stop to with a referendum if they were to get into power in time) would worsen the "centralisation of power" in the European institutions to the detriment of the Member States and would create institutional problems which would prevent the EU from playing a key role at a global level, said the Tories' spokesperson for foreign policy, William Hague, in a speech...

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