Når vi lægger det hele sammen, udviklingen i årenes løb, må vi sige følgende: Det er et glimrende kontinent, der - selv om det er forbundet med store vanskeligheder - altid er gået fremad i den rigtige retning.
We then had Amsterdam in 1995, followed by Nice, which may well not have been that much of a success, but it was there that we adopted the resolution that we would conclude accession negotiations with the candidate countries in time for the European elections.