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This paper contributes to the debate on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. It provides policymakers with an assessment of the options before them. Before proceeding to outline those options, the paper sets out four key assumptions upon which the arguments made are based. It outlines the importance of securing a clarification of the constitutional position via a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Lisbon Treaty and the desirability of finding EU agreement on the right of all 27 member-states to permanent representation on the European Commission.