Under mine samtaler med repræsentanter for tjekkiske byer - og jeg er ikke i tvivl om, at situationen er den samme i de øvrige nye medlemsstater - fandt jeg ud af, at de mest presserende problemer er et stort investeringsunderskud arvet fra tidligere år, ejendom arvet efter hæren, transport, oprydning af gamle industriarealer, renovering af præfabrikerede boligejendomme, og jeg kunne blive ved.
As I discovered in discussions with representatives from Czech towns and cities – and I have no reason to doubt that the situation is similar in the other new Member States – the most pressing problems include sizeable investment deficit inherited from previous years, property inherited from the army, transport and regenerating industrial waste ground and pre-fabricated housing estates; I could go on in this vein.