Det står i stigende grad klart, at man med debatten om proportionalitet (hvad angår stemmer i Rådet og fordeling af pladserne i Europa-Parlamentet) og dermed debatten om magtbalancen medlemsstaterne imellem har åbnet en sand Pandoras æske. Det bliver vanskeligt at få låget sat på igen under mødet i Nice.
It is becoming ever more apparent that opening the debate on proportionality (votes in the Council and seats in the European Parliament), one might go so far as to say on the balance of power between the Member States, has opened a Pandora 's box which will be very difficult to close in Nice.