Man frygtede, at de nye medlemsstater ville begynde at tilbyde tjenesteydelser af bedre kvalitet end i de gamle medlemsstater, og det resulterede i blokeringen af gennemførelsen af en af Europas grundlæggende rettigheder, som i 50 år kun har eksisteret på papiret.
It was feared that the new Member States would start to offer services of a better quality than in the old Member States, and this resulted in the blocking of the implementation of one of Europe’s fundamental rights, which for fifty years had only existed on paper.