The Community method, essential to the success of the Union to date, must be maintained. The equality of all member states, large and small, old and new, must be recognised, respected and preserved. All elements of the institutional triangle, the Commission, Council and European Parliament, must be strengthened, while the balances between them must be preserved. The Government does not regard this as a zero sum game where an improvement in one area is achieved by a disimprovement in another. Rather, it takes a contrary view.