The treaty is dead, long live the treaty - European leaders concluded at the June European Council. The circle has been squared, at least for now. The simplified Reform Treaty preserves all the innovations of the Constitutional Treaty but disposes of the pompous ornaments.
The form has changed, but little else. And the form has changed for the worse, as the Reform Treaty will certainly be less clear than its predecessor which was rejected in the French and Dutch referenda.
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.