Det kunne lade sig gøre at føre dem sammen til et stort kompromis, fordi vigtige medlemsstater - ikke mindst Tyskland - afstod fra med vold og magt at ville gennemføre nationale særstandpunkter og i stedet gav videreudviklingen af Europa første prioritet.
The fact that it proved possible to reconcile these issues in one great compromise was because major Member States, not least of which Germany, refrained from pushing to achieve the most they could for their own countries, come what may, and instead made the further development of Europe a priority.