Vi står i dag over for en udfordring af proportioner, der svarer til det, vi oplevede for 20 år siden, og det er måske således ikke nogen overdrivelse at erklære, at EU står over for sin mest udfordrende periode i løbet af de sidste 20 år.
Ladies and gentlemen, today we are facing a challenge of similar proportions to that of twenty years ago, and thus it is perhaps no overstatement to pronounce that the European Union is facing its most challenging period of the past twenty years.