Jeg sammenligner ofte den europæiske integrationsproces med opdagelsesrejserne, om hvilke den store portugisiske digter Camões sagde, at vi vovede os "ud over have aldrig før besejlet".
I often compare the process of European integration with the epic poem on the discoveries, in which the great sixteenth century Portuguese poet, Camões, said that we were sailing ‘ on hitherto uncharted waters’.