Units tasked with reconnaissance are armed only for self-defense, and rely on stealth to gather information. Others are well-enough armed to also deny information to the enemy by destroying their reconnaissance elements. Reconnaissance-in-force (RIF) is a type of military operation or military tactics used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition.
Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty became law on 1 December 2009, eight years after European leaders launched a process to make the EU more democratic, more transparent and more efficient.Under EU rules, the treaty had to be ratified by all 27 member states before coming into force.The last country to ratify the treaty was the Czech Republic, which completed the process on 3 November 2009.he Lisbon Treaty which succeeded it was rejected by Irish voters in June 2008. But it got overwhelming support in a second referendum in the Irish Republic on 2 October 2009.
It is clearly noticeable that the changes introduced with the Treaty of Lisbon-increasing the legislative powers of the European Parliament and allowing citizensâ initiative, can be perceived as a big step forward in decreasing the democratic deficit in the European Union.irstly, it refers to the elements of the standard version of the democratic deficit and answers the question whether they have been properly addressed and solved by the Lisbon Treaty. Secondly, it examines the issue of European identity, as a source of legitimization of a political community.