Lisbon guarantees are worthless

IT is astonishing that so few in the media are being honest about how worthless the so-called guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty really are. They are worthless because they do not change anything in the treaty and amount to a mere statement of intent on the part of current leaders.

They have no legal weight and could easily be overturned by a similar future agreement..

It is argued, however, that they may be formally inserted into a future treaty as a protocol, but this will not change their worthlessness since their meaning is determined by the Lisbon Treaty, not vice-versa as is clear from the wording of the decision which states that the concerns will be addressed “in conformity” with the treaty.