It suggests that the EU's foreign policy "should target a limited number of areas which better connect with the wishes and concerns of European citizens and their expectations of the role to be played by the Union in international affairs."
Dokumentā atzīts, ka Eiropas Savienība bez Konstitucionālā līguma "nevar veidot ārpolitiku un drošības politiku, kas vismaz daļēji spētu tikt galā ar svarīgākajām problēmām".