اتحاديه اروپا پس از توافقنامه ليسبون

European Union After Lisbon Agreement

Treaty of Maastricht had visualized provision that after attaining a common currency in 1999 the grounds should be prepared for a European constitution. This action plan was to be pursued by European elite who were patronizing European unity. In 2002 Valerie Giscard. D Estaing, the former French president, along with some specialists were assigned the task of compiling the draft of the constitution. But due to certain developments this draft of the constitution was faced with negation. These developments were, the sudden changes in Europe and the ensuing hesitation and reservation among the big and small countries of the European Union, the worries and concerns of some social layers of the European population who were protected by their government subsidy policy. As a result there was a negation of the European constitution. These reactions again raised doubt about the pace of European integration and its limits. This set back in the process of European unity led the Union officials to sign Lisbon Agreement of 2007. Now the question is to what extent can Europe advance in the process of unity? What will be the fate of the efforts to form a European constitution which is an intergovernmental agreement and could never substitute the national constitutions or what will be the future of other similar efforts?