European leaders approve Treaty of Lisbon

The new Treaty of Lisbon was born today. This is a European victory. These were the words of the president of the Council of the European Union, Jos Scrates, while announcing the agreement among European leaders on the new reform Treaty. Jos Scrates also declared, during the press conference at the end of the first day of the Lisbon Informal Summit, that EU's reform Treaty will be formally signed on 13 December, in Lisbon.