Det er naturligvis vanskeligt at se langt ud i fremtiden og vide, hvilken retning disse politiske beslutninger går i, men det er vigtig at have en politisk debat om spørgsmål, der falder ind under den nationale kompetence, for som jeg netop har sagt, har de enkelte medlemsstaters beslutninger også mere vidtgående betydning og indflydelse i EU som helhed betragtet.
It is obviously difficult to see far into the future and know what direction these policy decisions will take, but it is important to have political debate on issues that fall within national competence because, as I said just now, decisions that are taken in individual Member States also have a wider importance and influence in the Union as a whole.