Vi må ikke glemme, at disse ord skal anses for, hvad de er, nemlig koncepter og i bedste fald instrumenter, hvis eneste værdi er deres mulige bidrag til at imødekomme den generelle interesse, flest mulige menneskers interesse, ikke interessen hos et om end stigende antal af privilegerede personer, som såvel i nord som i syd kan drage fordel af enhver gammel aftale, der er indgået med en given gammel part, men et stigende antal mænd, kvinder og børn, som sammen repræsenterer det store flertal af udstødte i vores verden, og som forventer en hel del af en forbindelse med deres europæiske partnere, der er om ikke generøs da i det mindste afbalanceret.
These words, let us not forget, are words that we must take for what they are, that is to say, concepts and, at best, instruments, whose only value is their possible contribution to satisfying the general interest, the interest of as many people as possible, not a number - even a growing number - of privileged persons, which can take advantage, both in the North and South, of any old agreement concluded with any old party, but a growing number of men, women and children who, together, represent the great majority of the outcasts of our world and who expect a great deal from a relationship with their European partners which, if not generous, is at least balanced.