Unie vymezuje a provádí společnou zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiku , která zahrnuje všechny oblasti zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky a jejímiž cíli jsou : --- chránit společné hodnoty , základní zájmy , nezávislost a celistvost Unie v souladu se zásadami Charty Organizace spojených národů , posilovat bezpečnost Unie ve všech formách , zachovávat mír a posilovat mezinárodní bezpečnost v souladu se zásadami Charty Organizace spojených národů , jakož i se zásadami Helsinského závěrečného aktu a cíli Pařížské charty , včetně těch , které se vztahují na vnější hranice , podporovat mezinárodní spolupráci , rozvíjet a upevňovat demokracii a právní stát , jakož i dodržování lidských práv a základních svobod .
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS , HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK , THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC , HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN , THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC , THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND , THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG , HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS , THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC , HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ( 1 ) , RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European integration undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities , RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of the European continent and the need to create firm bases for the construction of the future Europe , CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty , democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law , CONFIRMING their attachment to fundamental social rights as defined in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers , DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while respecting their history , their culture and their traditions , DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioning of the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out , within a single institutional framework , the tasks entrusted to them , RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of their economies and to establish an economic and monetary union including , in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty , a single and stable currency , DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their peoples , taking into account the principle of sustainable development and within the context of the accomplishment of the internal market and of reinforced cohesion and environmental protection , and to implement policies ensuring that advances in economic integration are accompanied by parallel progress in other fields , RESOLVED to establish a citizenship common to nationals of their countries , ( 1 ) The Czech Republic , the Republic of Estonia , the Republic of Cyprus , the Republic of Latvia , the Republic of Lithuania , the Republic of Hungary , the Republic of Malta , the Republic of Austria , the Republic of Poland , the Republic of Slovenia , the Republic of Slovakia , the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have since become members of the European Union .