Tindemans-betænkningen ser i sit udgangspunkt EU som en militærmagt og går i sine anbefalinger endnu længere i bestræbelserne for at gøre EU til den normbærende regionale supermagt.
The Tindemans report regards the EU from the outset as a military power and, in its recommendations, goes further still in its efforts to make the EU the standard-bearing regional superpower.