From the outset, the Portuguese Presidency has made its attitude quite clear: it is important to ensure that the agenda of the IGC should not simply be a kind of discussion of the division and management of power in an enlarged Union.
Siden starten har det portugisiske formandskab klart givet udtryk for, at det var vigtigt at sikre, at regeringskonferencens dagsorden ikke kun kom til at bestå i debat om deling og forvaltning af magten i en udvidet Union.