Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5)

I shall read them very slowly, if that would help my right hon. Friend. The following two articles are new text. New article 10C states:"““The common foreign and security policy is subject to specific rules and procedures.””" That has never been said before. It continues:"““It shall be defined and implemented by the European Council and the Council acting unanimously, except where the Treaties provide otherwise. The adoption of legislative acts shall be excluded…The Court of Justice of the European Union shall not have jurisdiction with respect to these provisions””." New article 240a states:"““The Court of Justice of the European Union shall not have jurisdiction with respect to the provisions relating to the common foreign and security policy nor with respect to acts adopted on the basis of those provisions.””" In other words, it is not just a matter of the name of the foreign Minister or otherwise; the treaty differs in a range of ways from the proposed constitution, which was abandoned by the 27 Governments of the European Union last June.