Strengthening of commitment to fundamental rights
Provision to suspend membership rights of states that flout democratic rights
Extension to all member-states of social provisions of the Maastricht Treaty
Common monitoring of states' jobs policies
Commitment to fighting discrimination, as well as racism and xenophobia
Provision to allow positive action to redress sexual discrimination
Commitment to fight social exclusion
Commitment to environmental sustainability
Enhanced commitment to consumer rights
Right to communicate with the EU institutions in Irish
COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
New foreign policy planning and early warning unit
Reorganisation of EU's diplomatic troika (the past, present and next foreign minister of government holding EU presidency)
New foreign policy supremo to work with presidency
Provision for the first military role for the EU, in
humanitarian, peacekeeping, and peacemaking tasks
Closer links with the Western European Union, the European arm of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which will carry out
military operations for the EU using NATO assets
Right of non-WEU states like Ireland to opt out or participate fully
Commitment to the "progressive framing of a common defence policy which might lead to a common defence" should a summit so decide
Agreement that when strategic decisions are taken unanimously at summits, their implementation can be carried out on a
majority basis
AN AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
Reinforced police, customs and judicial co-operation in fight against drugs, organised crime and trafficking in people
Commitment to gradual approximation of laws in such areas as definitions of crime and sentencing policy
Incorporation of the Schengen agreement on passport-free travel into the treaty but with opt-outs for Ireland and Britain
Commitment to move after five years to common decisions, mostly by qualified majority, on immigration, asylum, visa policies, with opt-outs for Britain and Ireland
Explicit recognition of the Irish-British common travel area
Possibility of opt-ins by Irish and British to any or all of the above
INSTITUTIONS
Simplification of legislative procedures with stronger role for MEPs
Strengthening of role of President of the Commission
Agreement that when EU expands beyond 20 will look again at right of each country to a commissioner
Small extension of non-veto voting in Council of Ministers
Agreement in principle to rebalance voting in Council of Ministers in favour of under-represented larger countries
FLEXIBILITY
Strict conditions on when, in the absence of unanimity, groups of member-states may go ahead with projects on their own using Union facilities and structures.