Despite the work of a series of Intergovernmental Conferences, the key institutional issues had remained unresolved and the solutions agreed on at Nice were not satisfactory even to some of those who had negotiated them.
Neskatoties uz daudzu Valdību konferenču darbu, galvenie institucionālie jautājumi palika neatrisināti, un risinājumi, par kuriem vienojās Nicā, neapmierināja pat tos, kas tos bija izvirzījuši.