The entry into force on 1 December 2009 concluded an eight-year long process towards a new legal foundation for the European Union (EU). According to the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (now merged with CEC), the Lisbon Treaty will enhance possibilities to strengthen human rights and the social dimension of the European Union and will foster participatory democracy. For the churches, this culminates in the legal basis for an open, transparent and regular dialogue between the EU institutions and churches and religious communities.
Please click here for the Report on the Treaty of Lisbon.