It did so amid one of the worst crises in the bloc's 50-year history, following the French and Dutch rejections of the proposed constitution and the European leaders' failure in mid-June to reach an agreement on the 2007-2013 budget.
To se odigralo u trenutku najgore krize u pedesetogodišnjoj istoriji Unije, nakon što su francuski i holandski birači na referendumima odbili predloženi ustav i posle neuspeha lidera Evropske unije sredinom juna da postignu dogovor o budžetu za period od 2007. do 2013. godine.