It altered passage requirements to just a double majority rather than unanimity in the Council of Ministers, and it also made the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding.
It altered passage requirements to just a double majority rather than unanimity in the Council of Ministers, and it also made the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding. It changed the length to two and a half years for the term of a rotating President. Ratified last by the Czech Republic after an initial rejection by Ireland, this treaty was named for a city in which a 1755 earthquake flattened several churches. For 10 points, name this European Union-strengthening treaty devised in a city from which Antonio Salazar and JoÃ£o I once ruled, the capital of Portugal.
It altered passage requirements to just a double majority rather than unanimity in the Council of Ministers, and it also made the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding.
Treaty of Lisbon [prompt "Reform Treaty" until "Named for a city" is read]