Den nye forfatningstraktat er ganske vist ikke den bedste, vi kunne få, men alene dens eksistens er en hidtil uset politisk og historisk begivenhed, der var utænkelig indtil for et par år siden.
As a Member of the Council of Ministers, I have often wondered at the fact that the population of Europe was not to know how I voted as a minister when we reached the point of taking decisions.