CAPTION ADDITION: ADDING INFORMATION ON LISBON TREATY....epa01879462 A NO vote in The Lisbon Treaty campaigner pictured in Dublin, Ireland on 29 September 2009. Irish people will go to the polls to decide the future of the Lisbon Treaty on 02 October 2009. If accepted, the Lisbon Treaty could finally come into effect in 2009, eight years after European leaders launched a process aimed at making the European Union 'more democratic, more transparent and more efficient', attempting to streamline EU institutions. The Lisbon Treaty was rejected by Irish voters, seeing it as a threat to national sovereignty, in 2008. A new referendum in Irelend is scheduled for 2 October 2009. Under EU rules, the treaty can only enter into force if none of the 27 member states fails to ratify it