A final point worth emphasizing is that the Lisbon treaty moves away from many of the ideas that could serve as the foundations of a European federal super-state. The disappearance from the treaty of such terms as “constitution” and “minister of foreign affairs” clearly show that the constitutional treaty’s ambitions have been scaled back.
值得强调的最后一点是，《里斯本条约》抛弃了许多本可用作一个欧洲联邦超级国家的立国之本的理念。诸如“宪法”和“外交部长”等字眼的消失，清楚地表明了这部宪法条约已收敛了雄心壮志。