Undtagelserne var de to sydli­ge EU­lande — Grækenland og Ita­lien — to af de nye medlemslande — Finland og Sverige — og to cen­tralt beliggende lande i EU — Belgien og Frankrig.
The exceptions were two Southern Member States — Greece and Italy — two of the new Member States — Finland and Sweden — and two countries in the centre of the Union — Belgium and France.