Hr. formand, afviklingen af energichartret har taget længere tid, end han, som har udtænkt det, den forhenværende nederlandske premierminister Lubbers, i 1990 havde forestillet sig, frem for alt på grund af de østeuropæiske landes øgede selvbevidsthed.
Mr President, it has taken longer to get the Energy Charter completed than its inventor, former Dutch prime minister Lubbers, ever imagined in 1990, largely because of a growing self-awareness on the part of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.