Når det er sagt, kræver optagelsen af de nye stater en grundlæggende ændring af vores institutioners funktioner, der ofte nærmest er paralyseret allerede nu, hvor vi er 15 medlemsstater.
Having said that, the accession of new Member States requires an in-depth revision of the way our institutions function, because those institutions have almost been brought to a standstill already, when we have only fifteen Member States.