EU reform Treaty of Lisbon comes into power

The EU reform Treaty of Lisbon has come into power today, on December 1. “The Treaty of Lisbon puts citizens in the centre if the European project”, - reports ITAR-TASS referring to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. According to the European official, the current crucial tasks are a smooth  way-out of the financial crisis, strengthening of the social policy, struggle with the global warming and creation of “a new green economy till 2020”.