Yet, despite its undeniable importance and its contribution to the EU’s development, the Lisbon treaty is far from being the key to everything. Instead, it is a simplified treaty replete with protocols, dispensations, and opt-out causes.
然而，尽管具有无可否认的重要性以及对欧盟的发展做出贡献，《里斯本条约》还远非一切事务的重心。相反，它却是一个充斥着各种协议、特许和退出条款的简单化条约。比利时前首相伏思达将该条约称为一套“注脚”是言之有理的。