Borgerne i Europa bakker imidlertid op om denne opgave, da de, uanset i hvor høj grad nogle af vores nationale ledere ønsker at benægte det, anerkender, at de store problemer, vi står over for, de store globaliseringsproblemer - befolkningsvækst og migration, klimaforandringer, international organiseret kriminalitet - ikke kan imødegås af nationalstater, der er bygget på militærmagtsbegreber fra det 18. århundrede. De forlanger, at vi overvinder vores stammehad og religiøse had og samarbejder om alle borgeres fremtid i en verden, som vi deler med andre.
However, we have the people of Europe behind us in our task, because they recognise, however much some of our national leaders like to deny it, that the big problems we face, the major challenges of globalisation – population growth and migration, climate change, internationally organised crime – cannot be dealt with by nation states built on the 18th-century concept of military industrial power; they require us to overcome our tribal and our religious hatreds and to work together for the future of all our citizens on a planet which we share with others.