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Contemplating the reasons for "EU failure" might appear odd at the current moment of time. If anything, the European Union finally seems to be putting its house in order. The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty has ended the EU’s decade long institutional impasse. But Lisbon’s success has been short-lived. This report aims to come to a more systematic understanding of the nature and reasons for the EU’s multiple failures and to learn the lessons that they hold for the future.