Andreu Missé Ferrán
Andreu Missé Ferrán is a Brussels correspondent for the Spanish daily El País. In 2009 he was awarded the Salvador de Madariaga Prize for European journalism.
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Lisbon Treaty
How the treaty saved our skins
1 December 20101El País Madrid -
Institutions
A million citizens can change the Union
20 January 20103El País Madrid
In the year since the controversial treaty came into effect, Europe has been turned inside out by the crisis. Yet far from being a dead letter, Lisbon could well end up helping get us out of this mess, argues a prominent Spanish commentator 
The new Lisbon Treaty authorises popular initiatives backed by at least a million signatures. But that figure will not suffice to provide a regulatory framework for this new tool of participatory democracy.