The part that was actually rejected and raises the most concerns among citizens of the member States is in Part III, which focuses on Union policies such as the Common Market, competition policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. So the first and second parts could be ratified without new negotiations and could form the basis for the new Treaty, so that the Treaty of Nice would still apply; and the debate on the European social model would continue.
真正遭到拒绝以及在成员国公民中引起最多忧虑的在第三部分中，该部分将重点放于诸如统一市场、竞争政策以及共同农业政策等欧盟政策上。因此，第一和第二部分无须新辩论就可通过并能为形成新条约打下基础，因此尼斯条约将继续适用；并且有关欧洲社会模式的辩论将持续下去。