Timothy Kirkhope, speaking on behalf of European Conservatives and Reformers, took a critical view of the Treaty and the new figurehead it would create.
Eiropas Konservatīvo un reformistu pārstāvis Timothy Kirkhope (Apvienotā Karaliste) kritizēja Lisabonas līgumu, norādot, ka ar to tiek sperts „dramatisks solis pretim daudzus biedējošajai supervalstij."