The Lisbon Treaty officially entered into force in December 2009 after a difficult ratification process. During its initial signing in 2007, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso stated that with this Treaty "in this old continent, a new Europe is born", endorsing the Treaty's reformative character. As a candidate country aspiring for European Union membership, this reform treaty is of great importance to Macedonia. Thus, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, in cooperation with the Secretariat for European Affairs, translated and edited the Treaty into Macedonian, making it for the first time accessible and comprehensive to every citizen in this country. Along with the treaty we are publishing an introduction and guide to the text in order to make the importance and individual changes in EU legislation better understood.