EU between Nice and Lisbon

The Hungarian daily Népszabadság evaluates the relevance of the treaties of Nice and Lisbon for the policies of the European Union: "On the one hand since the European elections the EU must proceed according to the provisions of the current Treaty of Nice, on the other hand it is already being guided by the spirit of the Lisbon treaty, which will hopefully come into force soon. … Under the provisions of the Treaty of Nice the next EU executive [the Commission] should in future be smaller than it has been up to now. Notwithstanding: at the EU summit [of the European Council] in December the heads of government and state agreed that the principle 'one country, one commissioner' should be continued. But here too the fact remains that without the definitive ratification of the Lisbon treaty this, too, cannot be applied."

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