Og det passer, det har handlet om andre ting, fordi vi politiske ledere i Europa ikke har vist tilstrækkeligt med politisk lederskab, fordi vi ikke har formået at forklare, at folkeafstemningerne om traktaten virkelig handlede om traktaten og ikke om noget andet.
We owe this to the people of the candidate countries, and we owe it to ourselves if we are to be able to defend European values. Corruption is a big worry, and the Roma – Europe’ s largest minority – are marginalised in Romania and Bulgaria just as in many other European countries, with high unemployment, high figures for ill health and large and serious social problems.