SUPPLEMENT / Europe/documents no. 2524

BENELUX document - Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon

Introduction

The Treaty of Lisbon will make the European Union (EU) more effective, more democratic and more transparent. It will endow the EU with a single institutional framework, which provides for the creation of a permanent President of the European Council, a High Representative (HR) who will preside over the Foreign Affairs Council and be Vice-President of the European Commission, and of a European External Action Service (EEAS).

Anticipating the entry into force of the Treaty of...