Country | Mode of ratification | Date | Result |
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Germany | parliamentary |
24/04/2008 (Bundestag) 23/05/2008 (Bundesrat) |
Yes (Bundestag (lower chamber of the german parliament) : 514 votes for, 58 against, 1 abstention; Bundesrat (upper chamber of parliament): 15 Länder out of 16 vote in favour); Following a decision of the German Constitutionnal Court on 30th June 2009, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat adopted on 8th and 18th September new accompagnying laws to the Lisbon treaty. By signing these laws on 25th September, the German President Horst Köhler ended up the ratification process. |
Austria | parliamentary |
09/04/2008 (Nationalrat) 24/04/2008 (Bundesrat) 28/04/2008 (President) |
Yes (Nationalrat (lower chamber of the Austrian parliament) : 151 votes in favour and 27 against; Bundesrat (upper chamber of parliament): 58 votes in favour, 4 against) 28/04/2008: Signature of the Lisbon Treaty by the Austrian President. |
Belgium | parliamentary |
06/03/2008 (Senate) 10/04/2008 (Chamber of Deputies) 08/07/2008 (end of the parliamentary ratification process) |
Yes (Senate 48 votes in for, 8 against, 1 abstention; Chamber of Deputies: 116 votes for, 18 against, 7 abstentions). The 5 parliamentary regional assemblies approved the treaty. |
Bulgaria | parliamentary | 21/03/2008 | Yes (195 votes in favour, 15 against) |
Cyprus | parliamentary | 03/07/2008 | Yes (31 votes in favour, 17 against, 1 abstention) |
Denmark | parliamentary | 24/04/2008 | Yes (90 votes in favour, 25 against, 0 abstention) |
Spain | parliamentary |
26/06/2008 15/07/2008 |
Yes (Chamber of Deputies: 322 votes in favour, 6 against, 2 abstentions; Senate: 232 votes in favour, 6 against, 2 abstentions) |
Estonia | parliamentary | 11/06/2008 | Yes (91 votes in for, 1 against, 0 abstention) |
Finland | parliamentary |
11/06/2008 12/09/2008 |
Yes (151 votes in favour, 27 against, 21 abstentions) 12/09/2008: Signature of the Lisbon Treaty by the Finland Pesident. |
France | parliamentary |
07/02/2008 and 08/02/2008 |
Yes (Chamber of Deputies: 336 votes in favour and 52 opposed; Senate: 265 votes in favour, 42 against and 13 abstentions) |
Greece | parliamentary | 12/06/2008 | Yes (250 votes in favour, 42 against) |
Hungary | parliamentary | 17/12/2007 | Yes (325 votes in favour, 5 votes against, and 14 abstentions) |
Ireland | referendum |
12/06/2008 02/10/2009 |
No (53,4% against ; 46,6% votes in favour) Yes (67.13% for; 32.87% against; 0.4% blank and void votes) |
Italy | parliamentary |
23/07/2008 31/07/2008 |
Yes (Senate(Senato della Repubblica): 288 votes in favour); Chamber of Deputies (La Camera dei deputati) : unanimity ratification. |
Latvia | parliamentary | 08/05/2008 | Yes (70 votes in favour, 3 against, 1 abstention) |
Lithuania | parliamentary | 08/05/2008 | Yes (83 votes in favour, 5 against, 23 abstentions) |
Luxemburg | parliamentary | 29/05/2008 | Yes (47 votes in favour, 1 against, 3 abstentions) |
Malta | parliamentary | 29/01/2008 | Yes (Approved unanimously) |
Netherlands | parliamentary |
05/06/2008 08/07/2008 |
Oui (Tweede Kamer (Chambre basse du parlement néerlandais) : 111 votes pour et 39 contre ; Eerste Kamer (Chambre haute du parlement néerlandais) : 60 pour sur 75) |
Poland | parliamentary |
01/04/2008 and 02/04/2008 |
Yes (Diet: 384 votes in favour, 56 against, 12 abstentions; Senate: 74 votes in favour, 17 against, 6 abstentions) The ratification process will end up when the Polish president Lech Kaczynski will sign the text allowing the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. |
Portugal | parliamentary |
23/04/2008 09/05/2008 |
Yes (208 votes in favour, 21 against) 09/05/2008: Signature of the Lisbon Treaty by the Portuguese President, Anibal Cavaco Silva |
Czech Republic | parliamentary |
18/02/2009 06/05/2009 03/11/2009 |
Yes (The Chamber of Deputies : 125 votes in favour, 61 against ; the Senate : 54 votes in favour). The ratification process has end up :the Czech Pesident has signed the text allowing the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. |
Romania | parliamentary | 04/02/2008 | Yes (387 votes in favour, 1 against, 1 abstention) |
United Kingdom | parliamentary |
11/03/2008 18/06/2008 |
Yes (House of Commons: 346 votes in favour, 206 against; House of Lords: yes, an undetailed oral vote) Royal assent |
Slovakia | parliamentary |
10/04/2008 12/05/2008 |
Yes (103 votes in favour, 5 against and 42 abstentions) 12/05/2008: Signature of the Lisbon Treaty by the Slovak President, Ivan Gasparovic |
Slovenia | parliamentary | 29/01/2008 | Yes (74 votes in favour, 6 against out of 90 seats) |
Sweden | parliamentary | 20/11/2008 | Yes (243 votes in favour, 39 against and 13 abstentions; 54 deputies absent) |