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On 13 and 14 December 2007, the 27 Heads of State and Government met in Lisbon to sign the new treaty. The Lisbon Treaty was ratified by the 27 Member States and can enter into force on 1 December 2009.

Member States

Austria

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 09.04.2008 in the Nationalrat (lower chamber of the Austrian parliament), 151 deputies voted in favour and 27 against approving the ratification of the Treaty and on the 24.04.2008 in the Bundesrat (upper chamber of parliament) 58 votes in favour, 4 against.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 13/05/2008
The ratification process

Belgium

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 10.04.2008 in the Senate (48 votes in for, 8 against, 1 abstention) and on the 03.03.2008 in the Chamber of Deputies (116 votes for, 18 against, 7 abstentions). (Wallon Regional Parliament 15 May 2008, 56 yes, 2 No, 4 Abstentions; Parliament of the German Speaking Community
16 May 2008, 22 yes, 2 No, 1 Abstention, Parliament of the French Speaking Community, 20 May 2008, 67 yes, 0 No, 3 Abstentions; Flemish parliament 78 yes, 22 no and 3 abstained
.)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 15/10/2008
The ratification process

Bulgaria

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 21.03.2008, 193 deputies voted in favour of the Lisbon treaty and 15 against, out of the 209 present in the 240-seat parliament.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 28/04/2008
The ratification process

Cyprus

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 03.07.2008, 31 deputies voted in favour of the Lisbon treaty and 18 against, out of the 49 present in the 56-seat parliament.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 26/08/2008
The ratification process

Czech Republic

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 18.02.2009 in the lower house (125 votes in favour; 61 against and 1 abstention) and on the 06.05.2009 in the Senate (54 votes in favour; 20 against)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty:
The ratification process

Denmark

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 24.04.2008. The Lisbon Treaty was ratified by a majority. (90 votes in favour and 15 votes against)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 29/05/2008
The ratification process 

Estonia

The Estonian parliament approved the Lisbon treaty on the 11.06.2008. (91 votes in favour, one against and 9 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 23/09/2008
The ratification process

Finland

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 11.06.2008 in the 200-member chamber. (150 votes in favour; 27 against and 21 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 30/09/2008
The ratification process

France

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 07.02.2008 in the National Assembly and on the 08.02.2008 in the Senate. The Lisbon Treaty has been ratified by an overwhelming majority in both houses (National assembly - 336 votes in favour and 52 against; Senate - 265 votes in favour, 42 against and 13 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 14/02/2008
The ratification process

Germany

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 24.04.2008 in the Bundestag and on the 23.05.2008 in the Bundesrat (Bundestag - 515 votes in favour; 58 against and 1 abstention)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 25/09/2009

The ratification process

Greece

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 11.06.2008. (250 votes in favour; 42 against)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 12/08/2008
The ratification process

Hungary

The parliamentary ratification was held on 17.12.2007, when the Lisbon Treaty was ratified by an overwhelming majority. (325 votes in favour, 5 votes against and 14 abstentions).
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 06/02/2008
The ratification process

Ireland

The Lisbon Treaty was rejected in a referendum by 53.4% to 46.6% on 13.06.2008. A second referendum was held on 02.10.2009 where 67.1 percent voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty while 32.9 percent voted against.
The ratification process

Italy

On 24.07.2008 Italy's Senate approved the the Lisbon treaty (288 votes in favour) and on 31.07.2008 the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 08/08/2008
The ratification process

Latvia

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 08.05.2008 in the 100-member chamber. (70 votes in favour; 3 against and 1 abstention)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 16/06/2008
The ratification process

Lithuania

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 08.05.2008 in the Lithuania's 141-member chamber. (83 votes in favour; 5 against and 23 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 26/08/2008
The ratification process

Luxembourg

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 29.05.2008 in the 60-member chamber. (51 votes in favour; 1 against and 3 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 21/07/2008
The ratification process

Malta

The parliamentary ratification was held on 29.01.2008. The House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve the motion of ratification.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 06/02/2008
The ratification process

Netherlands

The parliamentary ratification was held on 08.07.2008 in the upper house, where the Lisbon Treaty was adopted by a majority of 60 out of 75 votes. The ratification in the lower house of parliament was held on the 05.06.2006 (111 votes in favour and 39 against).
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 11/09/2008
The ratification process

Poland

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 01.04.2008 in the Polish parliament and on the 02.04.2008 in the Senate. (Parliament - 384 votes in favour; 56 against and 12 abstentions; Senate - 74 votes in favour, 17 against and 6 abstentions)
The ratification process

Portugal

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 23.04.2008. The Lisbon Treaty was ratified by an overwhelming majority. (208 votes in favour and 21 votes against)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 17/06/2008
The ratification process

Rumania

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 04.02.2008. The Lisbon Treaty was ratified by an overwhelming majority. (387 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 1 abstention).
The ratification process

Slovakia

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 10.04.2008, 103 deputies voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty and 5 against out of the 108 present in the 150-seat parliament.
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 24/06/2008
The ratification process

Slovenia

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 29.01.2008, the Lisbon Treaty was ratified by a huge majority. (74 votes in favour, 6 votes against).
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 24/04/2008
The ratification process

Spain

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 26.06.2008 in the lower house (322 votes in favour, 6 against and 2 abstentions out of the 330 present) and on the 15.07.2008 the upper chamber voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Treaty. (232 votes in favour, 6 against and 2 abstentions)
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 08/10/2008
The ratification process

Sweden

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 20.11.2008, 243 deputies voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty and 39 against. (13 abstentions, 54 members of parliament were absent).
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 10/12/2008
T
he ratification process

United Kingdom

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 11.03.2008 in the House of Commons: 346 votes in favour, 206 against; and on the 18.06.2008 in the House of Lords (by an undetailed oral vote).
Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty: 16/07/2008
The ratification process

   

 

 

 

 

 


 

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