Det virkede dengang til, at de nye medlemsstater hver især ville overholde EU's grundlæggende principper og forbyde forskelsbehandling, beskytte og værdsætte den sproglige mangfoldighed og de nationale mindretals rettigheder.
It seemed then that each of the new Member States would observe the EU's basic principles and the ban on discrimination, as well as protect and value linguistic diversity and the rights of national minorities.