What is the Lisbon Treaty?
A. The Lisbon Treaty is the renamed European Constitution, which was rejected by voters in France and the Netherlands in 2005. It comprises 297 amendments to current treaties, 12 Protocols (mini-treaties) and dozens of declarations. It amends the Treaty of the European Community (Treaty of Rome 1957), henceforth the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty 1992) giving the EU a legal personality and creating a federal state.