Jeg vil gerne takke Dem og slutte af med at udtrykke min dybe overbevisning om, at den europæiske sociale model er en model, som kræver europæisk integration. Det er ikke en model, som kunne udvikles og opretholdes inden for grænserne af nationalstater, som agerer på egen hånd, og jeg vil derfor gerne slutte af med at sige, at Europa og europæisk integration efter min mening er en væsentlig forudsætning for den yderligere udvikling af den europæiske sociale model.
I would like to thank you and to end by expressing my deep conviction that the European social model is a model which calls for European integration; it is not a model which could be developed and maintained within the borders of national states acting on their own, and I would therefore like to conclude by saying that in my view, Europe and European integration are an essential precondition for the further development of the European social model.