October 19, 2007 (on September ninth day Chinese New Year), the EU adopted the Lisbon Treaty constitutional crisis has been resolved. EU informal summit in Lisbon in


2007 10, 19, adopted a new EU treaty, the Lisbon Treaty to replace the EU Constitution Treaty in 2005, has been rejected by France and the Netherlands, which effectively ended the constitution-making process of the European Union for up to six years. Under the new treaty, the EU's decision-making and institutional settings drastic innovations designed to make the enlarged EU work better. The new treaty signed by the EU heads of state in Lisbon on December 13, approved by the Member States, and will take effect after the approval of the Member States in January 2009.
12 13, 2009, in Lisbon, Portugal, the leaders of the EU member states posed for pictures after signing the Lisbon Treaty. The same day, the leaders of the EU member states was signed in Lisbon "Lisbon Treaty". If the treaty is ultimately approved by the member states, will pave the way for reform of the EU institutions. (History. Cn)