Zachary_Kurtz comments on All hail the Lisbon Treaty! Or is that "hate"? Or just "huh"? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zachary_Kurtz 06 November 2009 02:52:07PM 2 points [-]

Not being European, I probably haven't paying as close attention to this as I should be. What does the Treaty do besides for adding an extra crunchy bureaucratic layer on top of the European "Community" ?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 November 2009 04:12:57PM 1 point [-]

Mainly it centralises power. Reduces the number of veto points. Makes it significantly easier for the EU to speak as one voice.