I analysen af Samhørighedsfondens vigtige funktion som finansielt instrument til opnåelse af økonomisk og social samhørighed bør vi endnu en gang understrege den forskel, der er mellem den nominelle konvergens, som nogle modtagerlande i denne fond har opnået, og den reelle konvergens, som de selvsamme lande er langt fra at opnå, og som er Samhørighedsfondens vigtigste formål.
In analysing the importance of the Cohesion Fund as a financial instrument designed to achieve economic and social cohesion, we should once more underline the difference between nominal convergence, which some of the Member States benefiting from this Fund have managed to attain, and real convergence, which is still a long way from being achieved in those countries. It is that real convergence which is the main objective of the Cohesion Fund.