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In its judgment of 30 June 2009, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), coupled its endorsement of the Treaty of Lisbon with the demand that the rights of the Bundestag and Bundesrat to participate in the further development of the European integration process be strengthened. According to the Court, any simplified procedure for amending or adapting the Lisbon Treaty requires a statutory provision governing the rights of participation.The Court used its judgment to fundamentally redefine the existing political and legal boundaries of the European integration process in Germany.