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.