The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, extends Parliament’s budgetary powers to cover all EU expenditure, including common agricultural policy spending, on which the Council (representing the Member States’governments) previously had the last word.
Le Conradh Liospóin – a tháinig i bhfeidhm ar an 1 Nollaig 2009 – leathnaíodh cumhacht bhuiséadach na Parlaiminte go dtí caiteachais uile an AE, lena náirítear caiteachais an chomhbheartais talmhaíochta a mbíodh an focal deiridh ag an gComhairle, a dhéanann ionadaíocht ar rialtais na mBallstát, faoina ghlacadh.