It is not clear what would have happened had the Lisbon treaty been in force.
Luckily, perhaps, the rotating presidency has lost much of its importance since the 2009 Lisbon treaty.
Mr Mato Adrover accused the Council of a "corrupt application of the Lisbon Treaty".
Even though the Euro debate seems dead for now, that and a revived Lisbon Treaty could strain this arrangement.
He has long supported joining the single currency and backs the Lisbon Treaty.
The first thing to realise is how much the Lisbon treaty altered foreign policy from 2009 onwards.
Despite the Lisbon treaty's grand foreign-policy aspirations, the EU has not learned to think in geopolitical terms.
Now, under an obscure article of the Lisbon treaty, it is being revived in the European Parliament.
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He accused the Commission president of failing to play the role given to him by the Lisbon Treaty.
Mr Corbett and I hardly share identical views on the European Parliament, the EU or the Lisbon Treaty.
On Friday the 13th (of June), the news came through: The Irish had rejected the EU's Lisbon Treaty.
But although the Lisbon treaty changed the EU, it is equally important to see what did not change.
Under the 2009 Lisbon treaty, moreover, the EU has lots more to do.
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The Eurosceptic president held up the ratification of Europe's landmark Lisbon Treaty, while demanding an opt-out for the country.
Co-decision on the EU budget is one of the innovations in the Lisbon Treaty, which took effect last December.
Mr Blair has made no public comment about the job, which will be created if the Lisbon Treaty comes into force.
The State of the Union addressed comes as the European Parliament has increased powers since the passing of the Lisbon Treaty.
But that is the core of the argument in favour of the Lisbon treaty, and voters had clearly heard it this time.
MEPs say they should have full involvement in setting quotas, since the Lisbon Treaty gives them legal powers on fishing issues.
She backed the appointment of relative lightweights for both the EU presidency and the foreign minister's job created by the Lisbon treaty.
They voted "no" to the Lisbon Treaty, before being asked to vote again when they were encouraged to change their minds.
On the morning of November 3rd the Czech Constitutional Court ruled unanimously that the Lisbon Treaty did not contravene the Czech Constitution.
"Renegotiating the Lisbon Treaty is first of all legally impossible, " he said.
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Since the Lisbon Treaty was adopted in 2009 he has acquired many of the powers previously held by the six-month rotating EU presidency.
"If things happen as I want them to happen, the Lisbon Treaty will become a reality only one year late, " Mr Sarkozy said.
But Mr Klaus presumably cannot sign in October, if the Czech constitutional court has not finished pondering the legality of the Lisbon treaty.
They defended the budget rise by arguing that the Lisbon Treaty - which greatly boosted the parliament's powers - had increased their workload.
Then attention will turn to the Czech Republic and Poland, whose presidents have yet to sign the Lisbon Treaty, completing the ratification process.
The charter was originally drafted in 2000 however did not become enshrined in EU law until the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009.
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