In response to the views expressed by a number of delegations in the IGC, the Italian Presidency proposed the inclusion of a new draft article in the constitutional treaty requiring the Union and the member states to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals in the implementation of the Union's policies on agriculture, fisheries, transport, internal market, research and technological development and space. Although the negotiations are being conducted on the basis that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, it appears that a broad consensus has been reached on the inclusion of the article.