RESOLVED to establish a citizenship common to the nationals of their countries, RESOLVED to implement a common foreign and security policy including the eventual framing of a common defence policy, which might in time lead to a common defence, thereby reinforcing the European identity and it independence in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world, REAFFIRMING their objective to facilitate the free movement of persons while ensuring the safety and security of their peoples, by including provisions on justice and home affairs in this Treaty, RESOLVED to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration, HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries: HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS: Mark EYSKENS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Philippe MAYSTADT, Minister for Finance; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK: Uffe ELLEMNA-JENSEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Anders FOGH RASMUSSEN, Minister for Economic Affairs; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs; Theodor WAIGEL, Federal Minister for Finance; THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC: Antonios SAMARAS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Efthymios CHRISTODOULOU, Minister for Economic Affairs; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN: Francisco FERNANDEZ ORDONEZ, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Carlos SOLCHAGA CATALAN, Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: Rolan DUMAS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Peirre BEREGOVY, Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs and the Budget; THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND: Gerard COLLINS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Berite AHERN, Minister for Finance; THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, Gianni DE MICHELIS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Guido CARLI, Minister for the Treasury; HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG: Jaques F. POOS, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jean-Claude JUNCKER, Minister for FINANCE; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS: Hans van den BROEK, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Willem KOK, Minister for Finance; THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC: Joao de DEUS PINHERO, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jorge BRAG de MACEDO, Minister for Finance; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: The Rt. Hon. Douglas HURD, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; The Hon. Francis MAUDE, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: TITLE1 COMMON PROVISIONS