Hvis det ikke sker, kan vi få en meget, meget ubehagelig overraskelse, i hvert fald i en lang række lande, nemlig at folk i det øjeblik, hvor udvidelsen bliver det centrale interne politiske tema, og det bliver den - senest efter indgåelsen af traktaten - siger: Hvorfor vidste vi ikke det?
If this does not take place, we may have a very, very nasty surprise in a whole range of countries just as enlargement becomes the central issue on the domestic agenda, if people turn round to us - after the Treaty is concluded, at the very latest - and say: 'Why were n't we told about this?