Hi Gregory,
Flagrant words, but missleading my friend. I can assure you that the Lisbon Treaty was initiated due to a lack of a "Democratic" decision making process that takes in regard the "Bigger" boys against those smaller nations whose prior level of influence Do Not Adversley affect that of the Entire Union, and theirs interests. It's to complicated to go through all of the indicators of the update within the Lisbon treaty, but I would suggest you run a Very fine comb through it to. And, when doing so think about Cyprus and Germany let's say, and how Cyprus, under this new treaty, would ultimately have absolutely No affect on Germany for instance if Germany were to force any subtle changes against the will of a tiny statlet like GC-Cyprus. As I've said, the treaty is huge, where the GCs clearly didn't read it properly. Trust me Gregory, you couldn't challenge me on the specifics and implications of this treaty even if you were a Bar'tr from Lincoln's Inn, London!
I'm writing this from my Blackberry so sorry for the Typo errors...I can correct any later if you need any clarification.