I mellemtiden har Rådet på sit møde i Bruxelles ligeledes overtaget dele af Parlamentets holdning, f.eks. princippet om en gradvis integration ved de direkte betalinger til landbruget, en afklaring af, at intet nyt medlemsland bør være nettobidragyder efter tiltrædelsen, og en bestemmelse, der skal forhindre, at et land stilles økonomisk dårligere efter tiltrædelsen end umiddelbart før tiltrædelsen.
Since then, the Council, at its Brussels Summit, has also adopted parts of this position taken by Parliament, examples being the principle of progressive integration for direct payments to agriculture, the clarification that, after enlargement, none of the new Member States should become net contributors, and a ruling intended to prevent a country from being in a worse financial position after accession than it was immediately before it.