While the mandate for an intergovernmental conference to develop a new treaty will create something less than a constitution, the coming treaty will go well beyond the present Treaty of Nice – provided things go according to what has been agreed. But two steep hurdles still need to be overcome: the intergovernmental conference and ratification through the national parliaments or by means of a referendum in all member states.
尽管授权政府间会议制定一部新条约只是创立低于宪法的文件，但是，只要事情按各方同意的发展，新条约将会大大超越目前的尼斯条约。但是，还是有两大障碍需要跨越，那就是政府间会议以及在全体成员国内通过议会或者全民公决予以批准。