The following are issues that will require further debate: the persisting divergence between the countries intending not to make concessions as regards abandoning unanimity voting in matters such as foreign policy, taxation and social security and the Member States that consider the phasing-in of qualified-majority voting in those areas a key element of the future Constitutional Treaty; the manifold, and often divergent, requests of Member States for changes to the provisions concerning the budget, the multiannual financial framework, own resources and economic governance.
Näissä kysymyksissä puheenjohtajavaltio pyrkii säilyttämään mahdollisimman pitkälle toimielinten välisen tasapainon ja valmistelukunnan ehdottamat äänestyssäännöt.