Og hvis det ikke var for hans store ønske om at være stringent og hans insisteren på, at udvidelsen ikke behøver at betyde en stigning i udgifterne for Den Europæiske Union, ville jeg vove at sige, at den er storslået.
And were it not for his obsession with austerity and his insistence that the enlargement does not have to mean an increase in costs for the European Union, I would venture to call it magnificent.