The treaty has no chance of entering into force for a decade or more.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: United States Senate

Yet with Lisbon now entering into force, it is time to move on from the EU's introspective decade of institutional navel-gazing and turn to the pressing task of making it work better.

ECONOMIST: Europe's leadership

If this plan fails to provide a satisfactory return over four decades between entering the work force and retiring, it will be because the U.S. economy goes into a long-term funk.

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