På dette fælles møde, i dette øjeblik, hvor alle var forenet om et stort bord i Salzburg, havde vi en fælles beklemmende oplevelse, som dog også gjorde os fortrøstningsfulde. Meddelelsen om Slobodan Miloševićs død kom midt under vores drøftelser, og det havde europæisk symbolik, at vi i dette øjeblik i fællesskab kunne arbejde for vores fælles fremtid i Europa.
At this joint meeting, at a moment at which all of us were united around one table in Salzburg, we all had an experience that was not only disquieting but also, at the same time, gave us a sense of hopeful confidence: our deliberations were interrupted by news of the death of Slobodan Milošević, and there was a European symbolism in our being able, at such a moment, to work on our common European future.