Derfor appellerer jeg indtrængende til regeringerne, og jeg takker rådsformandskabet for det, det har sagt. Gør alt, hvad De kan, for at den nye traktat kan træde hurtigt i kraft, så der ikke kommer til at gå alt for lang tid mellem regeringernes accept og den endelige ratificering.
Many of us are concerned that what came out of Nice will not be enough to cope with the imminent enlargement, and that is why - whilst being obliged to the Presidency of the Council for what it has said - I urge the governments to do everything in their power to facilitate the new Treaty's speedy entry into force, so that not too much time elapses between the governments giving their consent and the Treaty's final ratification.