Men det ville være godt at få det bekræftet allerede nu, at et aktivt Østersøsamarbejde er et anliggende for hele EU, og, samtidig, at samarbejdet ikke kun skal dreje sig om Baltikum og Polen, men at det også skal være en vigtig bro til Rusland.
It is good, however, that we have already been able to confirm that active Baltic cooperation is a matter for the whole of the EU and that it is not simply a question of cooperation with the Baltic states and Poland but can also become an important bridge to Russia.