147 THE LISBON TREATY- LINK BETWEEN PARTICIPATIVE DEMOCRACY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MODERNIZATION Onofrei Mihaela University “Alexandu Ioan Cuza” of Iai Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Bosie Irina University “Alexandu Ioan Cuza” of Iai Faculty of Economics and Business Administration This paperwork examines briefly, the implications it carries on the Lisbon Treaty, the organizational, institutional and decision-making level in the current context of the European Union, included in the reform process. It is important to mention that the European Union's desire is to assign a new role, upwards of national parliaments it is materialized with the new regulation of the Lisbon Treaty. This creates premises to develop a common foreign policy, providing Member States and Community institutions the chance to creatively use new opportunities. The Treaty encourages participative democracy and citizen participation with implications in decision-making efficiency gains. Keywords: subsidiarity, the Lisbon Treaty, national parliaments, reform Jel Code: N14, G18 1. Review of the Lisbon Treaty: coercive measures or participation for the European Union citizens The Lisbon Treaty entered into force in 2009, it didn’t radically change the institutional structure of the European Union, but the expansion and the need for legislative adjustments was necessary for the community. Initially the legal rules were designed for a smaller Union, with a capacity of less predictability, regardless of an economic recession, financial climate change, sustainable development issues, high crossborder crime environment and corruption. These adverse events have expanded from year to year, and the need for change and legislative update for the European Union was inherent. Countries that signed the Treaty, sustained that this change is necessary to adequately solve the new issues that appeared. The Treaty outlined new tasks for European Parliament, Council and Commission, which have a decisive role in the European Union. All started from premises that the members welfare is very important for the Union as it was intended to approach their institutional environment. Union Citizens, represented by the parliaments of their Member States exercise their rights by contributing to the expansion process of European Union. The Parliaments of each Member State receive the permission in order to express opinions regarding legislation, how it is applicable differentially for each state, as required. European Union must aim the welting life of their citizens and members within the context of the general good and cannot exist without the Member States, being established in order to help them. If we accept the idea of administrative communication, formal communication directions respects the relations in the institution, communication is taking place generally in three directions: top-down, bottom up, horizontal. We can consider that the intervention of the citizens within the expressing of the opinions regarding the European Union is an application of the administrative communication, this time it’s about European institutions communication. 2. The changing process and its implications on the increasing the decisional power of the Community institutions