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The Treaty of Lisbon is a stage in a process—not a final outcome, but rather an intermediate result. The EU can be seen as a building that is currently under construction; but now for various reasons this project is facing a major crisis, especially in the economic area. Two treaties have recently been signed with the hope that they are the tools needed to overcome this obstacle. Although anomalous, they may, under certain conditions, return us to the correct path.
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See, in particular, the European Parliament Resolution P7_TA (2012) 0002 of 18 January 2012 on the conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 December 2011 on a draft international agreement relating to a fiscal stability Union.
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Casini, C. The new international treaties in the context of the European Union: a temporary solution for the current political challenges or a risk to the institutional future of the Union?. European View 11, 15–20 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-012-0216-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-012-0216-4