You can take a lump sum distribution from a previous employer's 401(k) plan up to the total vested account balance. After placing a distribution request, the plan sponsor or custodian sends a check directly to you, and the account is closed with the custodian.ou can take a lump sum distribution from a previous employer's 401(k) plan up to the total vested account balance. After placing a distribution request, the plan sponsor or custodian sends a check directly to you, and the account is closed with the custodian.
Some scholars have also argued that the use of repeated referendums to ratify EU treaties (such as the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon in Ireland) is also associated with a democratic deficit.The Lisbon Treaty was intended to reduce the democratic deficit in the European Union.ome scholars have also argued that the use of repeated referendums to ratify EU treaties (such as the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon in Ireland) is also associated with a democratic deficit.
Abstract: The paper focuses on the current state of the democratic deficit in the European Union after the institutional reforms that have been made with the Lisbon Treaty.ccording to this concept, the main problem of the EU is the fact that there is a shift of political control from the democratic parliamentary systems of government at national level to the executive-centered systems of government at the European level. The paper addresses two main issues.