Ligesom hr. Tindemans har Kommissionen i sine anbefalinger, der gik forud for regeringskonferencen på daværende tidspunkt, slået til lyd for på sigt at lade Vestunionen indgå i Den Europæiske Union. ###>Like Mr Tindemans, the Commission, in its recommendations which preceded the Intergovernmental Conference at the time, argued that the Western European Union should ultimately be integrated into the European Union.