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The list below gives the identical items in the original EU Constitution and those in the renamed EU Constitution, the so-called 'Reform Treaty' or Lisbon Treaty.
Significant differences are given in brackets.
- EU given single legal personality so that it can act like a state and we
are all made real citizens of this EU state
- Self-amending treaty that will then require no further treaties or
referendums
- EU President
- EU Foreign Minister (now renamed as 'High Representative')
- Majority Voting in Foreign Policy
- An EU Diplomatic Service
- Sweeping powers of European Court of Justice over justice and home
affairs
- An EU Public Prosecutor
- European Parliament elects EU Commission President
- End of one Commissioner for each member state
- Cut in Britain's voting power to block EU legislation by 30% (now delayed to 2014)
- Meaningless protocol on national parliaments to save face over loss of sovereign powers
- Division of competences giving EU more power
- Removal of safeguards on 'enhanced cooperation'
- European Parliament given veto in 50 new policy areas
- Charter of Fundamental Rights made legally binding but can be suspended to allow the 'smooth operation of the market'
Public services, social security and the economy
- New powers over public health to the EU
- New powers over public services to the EU
- Increased powers for EU over social policy and coordination of social
security
- New powers over economic coordination to the EU
- End of veto on employment law for self-employed workers
- New powers over trade policy and investment to the EU
- End of veto over Central Bank's powers of financial regulation
- Formalisation of eurogroup (Finance Ministers from single currency
member states) and increase in its powers
Home affairs
- New powers to harmonise civil and criminal laws and legal procedures
- Powers to the EU to define criminal offences and set minimum
sentences
- Increase in power for Europol(ice)
- Enabling Eurojust(ice) to launch criminal investigations of EU citizens
- New powers for ECJ over asylum and immigration
- End of veto on legal migration
- Legal basis for a single EU asylum and immigration system
Foreign policy and military changes
- Commitment to "the progressive framing of a common defence policy"
- "Structured cooperation" sub-group in military affairs
- New mutual 'defence' commitment
Member states veto abolished in following areas
- Transport
- Energy
- Space policy
- Science policy
- Sport
- Yearly budget
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