The Lisbon Treaty supplements the existing European Community treaty, the Treaty of Rome, and the European Union treaty the Maastricht treaty, and it replaces the originally tabled EU Constitution agreed in Brussels in 2004 (which was then rejected by the French and Dutch in referendums a year later).
Effective communication means that we are able to express ourselves, both verbally and non-verbally, in ways that are appropriate to our cultures and situations. This means not only being able to express our opinions and desires, but also our needs and fears and to ask for advice and help.
To be communicative is to have the ability to communicate â to exchange thoughts and ideas. Couples often go to counseling to learn to be more communicative. It's easy to see the verb communicate in the adjective communicative: a communicative person is one who can communicate easily. Being communicative is one of the qualities we most value in other people. There's nothing more frustrating than a person who's not communicative, because you can't talk to them.