EU Reform Treaty, Reform Treaty of the EU (Lisbon Treaty) .

The new draft treaty proposes to retain a number of key provisions of the draft European Constitution. Foremost is the establishment of the post of President of the European Council, which will be elected for two and a half years and will replace the current system of rotating presidency of the EU member states. Also, the draft treaty provides for the establishment of the High Representative of the European Union's external relations and security policy, which will connect the current functions of the High Representative for the Common vneschney and security policy (this post today is Javier Solana) and the European Commissioner for External Relations ( Benita Ferrero-Waldner). At the same time in the new draft treaty, it was decided to abandon the very concept of "EU Constitution", the state symbols of the EU (the flag and anthem) and the direct incorporation of the Charter of fundamental rights in the treaty text (second section of the draft European Constitution). The decision to effect a new treaty of the European Union was reached on June 23 at the Brussels European Council. Treaty should be a compromise between the States that have ratified the text of the European Constitution, and states, it rejected or not the process of ratification.