Det er rigtigt, at udvidelsen stiller os over for udfordringer og vanskeligheder, men dem må vi tage op og overvinde - fordi den er det mål, som giver det europæiske projekt, hvori Unionen indgår, mening.
Enlargement does, admittedly, pose challenges and difficulties, but we shall have to face them and overcome them, because this is our fate and in order for the European project, of which the Union is a part, to have real meaning.