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.
Updated: 20 January 2010
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By Andreu Missé Ferrán
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Lisbon Treaty: How the treaty saved our skins
1 December 201059 1 El País Madrid -
Institutions: A million citizens can change the Union
20 January 201058 3 El 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.