The motive of Mitterrand’s “mission” was to determine what precautions could or should be taken against the potential vagaries of this powerful but unpredictable people. The response was eventually enshrined in the Maastricht Treaty, which extended the European Union’s competences to foreign affairs and judicial matters, making them partly supranational.
面对这些力量强大但喜欢突然行事的德国人，密特朗这次“出使”的动机其实是想判定究竟可以（或应该）采取何种预防措施来应对他们的未来动向。而对他这一想法的反馈最终在《马斯特里赫特条约》中得到了体现，条约中包含了欧盟对各国外交和司法事务的管辖权，并使之在某种意义上成为了超国家行为。