These are the Objectives of the Union according to the draft constitution: (sorry about the weird formatting arising out of the cut and paste)
Article 3: The Union's objectives
1. The Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples.
2. The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal
frontiers, and a single market where competition is free and undistorted.
3. The Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced
economic growth, a social market economy, highly competitive and aiming at full
employment and social progress, and with a high level of protection and improvement of the
quality of the environment. It shall promote scientific and technological advance.
It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and
protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection
of children's rights.
It shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among
Member States.
The Union shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe's
cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced.
4. In its relations with the wider world, the Union shall uphold and promote its values and
interests. It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the earth,
solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and
protection of human rights and in particular children's rights, as well as to strict observance
and development of international law, including respect for the principles of the
United Nations Charter.
5. These objectives shall be pursued by appropriate means, depending on the extent to which the
relevant competences are attributed to the Union in the Constitution.
