Som afslutning vil jeg gerne tilføje, at med hensyn til forbindelserne til tredjelandene har kommissionsformand Prodi meget klart givet udtryk for, at det er nødvendigt, at det europæiske kontinent åbnes.
I would like to say, in conclusion, regarding relations with third countries, that President Prodi has made it quite clear that we need to open up Europe. We have opened our continent up to neighbouring countries and are in the process of opening it up to the candidate states.