The Lisbon treaty was finally ratified last Tuesday, in a most wonderfully disdainful signing cermony.
I take it that everyone on the list is emotionally overwhelmed by this, one of the most important political events in recent history. The world's largest economy has taken a firm step towards statehood; the ramifications of this will be felt across the world. People will die who would have lived; people will live who would have died: the body count is much affected. The potential implications for AI alone (think political singleton, research funding priorities) are huge. Depending on your opinion of the consequences, you are probably dumped into a dark ditch of despair or swimming in a limitless ocean of triumphant glee.
If neither is the case... why not?
I'm going with 'eh'. I don't see the Lisbon treaty adding much to the effective power of the EU bureaucracy, and it may have weakened the EU by exposing fault-lines and offering something formal to attack.
(A specific clear law, or even a giant treaty as long as it goes by one easily-remembered name, is much easier to attack than a thousand creeping fees & regulations & legal precedents & partnerships & shifting mores.)
Though if it did help the EU, I'd probably be on the nay side. Some close cooperation is fine. Too much can be toxic (do you really want a large country overseeing FAI research? remember Gresham's Law.) Multiple competing states, even if they are frequently going to war, are good for the arts & sciences.
(This is a general statistical correlation from a few studies like Human Accomplishment, but examples are easy to come: the part of Greek history anyone cares about; the Renaissance; the Warring States period in China; the Industrial Revolution.)
Not so good for the people in there. How do you figure that the benefit to scientific research and artistic legacy outweighs the human cost of frequent war?