Treaty of Lisbon/Article 1 - Treaty on European Union/Article 21

39) Article 21 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following: "The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy shall regularly consult the European Parliament on the main aspects and the basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy and inform it of how those policies evolve. He or she shall ensure that the views of the European Parliament are duly taken into consideration. Special representatives may be involved in briefing the European Parliament."; (b) in the second paragraph, first sentence, the words "and the High Representative of the Union" shall be inserted at the end; in the second sentence, the words "It shall hold an annual debate" shall be replaced by "Twice a year it shall hold a debate" and the words ", including the common security and defence policy" shall be inserted at the end.