Nun liegt es an der politischen Führungskraft der EU, rasch zu agieren und jene Errungenschaften festzuhalten, die ursprünglich zum Vertrag von Lissabon führten.
It is now up to the EU’s political leadership to move quickly and take firm grasp of the achievements that initially gave birth to the Lisbon treaty. A charter of fundamental rights has, for example, been integrated into the treaty; but, unless the member states bring it to life, it will certainly fail to yield concrete results.