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Ireland ratified the Lisbon Treaty on 23 October 2009, after having initially put the whole process into doubt by rejecting the treaty in a referendum held in June 2008. Ireland was the only Member State to hold a referendum on the treaty and this initial referendum was a major reason why the treaty failed to come into force on 1 January 2009 ...
The President of Ireland Mary McAleese signed the amendment of the constitution into law on 15 October. [7] These formalities having been conducted, the state ratified the treaty by depositing the instrument of ratification with the Italian government on 23 October. The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009.
The guarantee that Ireland would keep its Commissioner provided Lisbon was ratified was criticised in the Irish Times [78] on the grounds that it may lead to an oversized European Commission. The Twenty-eighth Amendment in October 2009 formally authorised the government to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon.
The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is a European agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by all EU member states on 13 December 2007, entered into force on 1 December 2009. [2]
The government of Ireland signed the "Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe" on 29 October 2004. However the ratification of major EU treaties, starting with the Single European Act of 1986, requires the amendment of Article 29 of the Constitution of Ireland , which prescribes the extent to which Irish law can be superseded by other ...
Only one member state, Ireland, obliged by their constitution, decided on ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon through a referendum. Ireland — a referendum to approve the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland), 12 June 2008, 53.2% against, turnout 53.1%; In 2008, Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon.
Irish Treaty of Lisbon referendum may refer to: Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 , a failed proposal to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon, held on 12 June 2008 Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland , a second referendum to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon, held on 2 October 2009
These amendments have substantially altered the initial wording of 29.4.3° as inserted by the Third Amendment. in particular, the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland approved in 2009, allowing the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, created a different structure to the subsections in Article 29.4.