Vi har i dag i Nice-debatten hørt det igen og igen: EU står over for store udfordringer, udvidelsen til i sidste ende 27 plus X stater bliver en styrkeprøve for de europæiske institutioner.
Time and again in today's debate on Nice, we heard that the EU is facing enormous challenges and that the enlargement of the EU to an eventual total of 27 or more Member States will test the resilience of the European institutions.