Germany close to ratifying Lisbon treaty

Germany’s constitutional court gave a green light in principle to the Lisbon Treaty on the 30 June 2009 but suspended its ratification until the German parliament had amended the law governing its influence over European legislation.

Spiegel Online International, 30.6.09: Germany Cannot Ratify Lisbon -- Yet http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,633414,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 30.6.09: German leaders hail court's green light for EU reform treaty http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4444969,00.html

BBC News, 30.6.09: Lisbon passes German court test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8125742.stm

ESO: Background information: Is the European Union Constitutional? http://www.europeansources.info/record/is-the-european-union-constitutional/

Spiegel Online International, 6.7.09: Brussels Put Firmly in the Back Seat http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,634506,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 15.7.08: 'Bavarian Populist Propaganda Is the Last Thing the EU Needs' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,636369,00.html

Germany: Federal Constitutional Court: Press Release, No.72, 2009 (30.6.09): Judgment of 30 June 2009 http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/en/press/bvg09-072en.html

Germany: Federal Constitutional Court: Text of Decision of Court of 30.6.09 http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/entscheidungen/es20090630_2bve000208en.html

European Movement: Press Release, 7.7.09: German Federal Constitutional Court decided on Treaty of Lisbon http://www.europeanmovement.eu/index.php?id=6811&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2381&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6775&cHash=d042bb48e0

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