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TITLE 1
COMMON PROVISIONS
ARTICLE A
By this Treaty, the High Contracting Parties establish among themselves a
European Union, hereinafter called "the Union".
This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer
union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely
as possible to the citizen.
The Union shall be founded on the European Communities, supplemented by the
policies and forms of cooperation established by this Treaty. Its task shall
be to organize, in a manner demonstrating consistency and solidarity,
relations between the Member States and between their peoples.
ARTICLE B
The Union shall set itself the following objectives:
- to promote economic and social progress which is balanced and sustainable,
in particular through the creation of an area without internal frontiers,
through the strengthening of economic and social cohesion and through the
establishment of economic and monetary union, ultimately including a single
currency in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty;
- to assert its identity on the international scene, in particular through
the implementation of a common foreign and security policy including the
eventual framing of a common defence policy, which might in time lead to a
common defence;
- to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals
of its Member States through the introduction of a citizenship of the Union;
- to develop close cooperation on justice and home affairs;
- to maintain in full the "acquis communautaire" and build on it with a view
to considering, through the procedure referred to in Article N(2), to what
extent the policies and forms of cooperation introduced by this Treaty may
need to be revised with the aim of ensuring the effectiveness of the
mechanisms and the institutions of the Community.
The objectives of the Union shall be achieved as provided in this Treaty and
in accordance with the condition and the timetable set out therein while
respecting the principle of subsidiarity as defined in Article 3b of the
Treaty establishing the European Community.
ARTICLE C
The Union shall be served by a single institutional framework which shall
ensure the consistency and the continuity of the activities carried out in
order to attain its objectives while respecting and building upon the
"acquis communautaire".
The Union shall in particular ensure the consistency of its external
activities as a whole in the context of its external relations, security,
economic and development policies. The Council and the Commission shall be
responsible for ensuring such consistency. They shall ensure the
implementation of these policies, each in accordance with its respective
powers.
ARTICLE D
The European Council shall provide the Union with the necessary impetus for
its development and shall define the general political guidelines thereof.
The European Council shall bring together the Heads of State or of
Government of the Member States and the President of the Commission. They
shall be assisted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States
and by a Member of the Commission. The European Council shall meet at least
twice a year, under the chairmanship of the Head of State or of Government
of the Member State which holds the Presidency of the Council.
The European Council shall submit to the European Parliament a report after
each of its meetings and a yearly written report on the progress achieved by
the Union.
ARTICLE E
The European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court of
Justice shall exercise their powers under the conditions and for the
purposes provided for, on the one hand, by the provisions of the Treaties
establishing the European Communities and of the subsequent Treaties and
Acts modifying and supplementing them and, on the other hand, by the other
provisions of this Treaty.
ARTICLE F
1. The Union shall respect the national identities of its Member States,
whose systems of government are founded on the principles of democracy.
2. The Union shall respect fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 and as they result from the constitutional
traditions common to the Member States, as general principles of Community
law.
3. The Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its
objectives and carry through its policies.
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