Derfor vil jeg gerne benytte lejligheden til at understrege, at millioner af europæiske borgere nu ikke længere kun er repræsenteret halvt. Dette burde være en grund til tilfredshed hos alle dem, der anser sig for fuldstændigt demokratiske, og som i mange EU-lande - i det mindste indtil Berlinmurens fald - var og måske stadig er stolte over at dele ansvar, idealer og meget andet med kommunisternes Internationale.
I shall therefore take this opportunity to point out that several million European citizens are at last no longer just half-represented, and that should be a source of satisfaction to those who claim to be fully democratic and who perhaps, in many EU countries, at least until the fall of the Berlin Wall, were and perhaps still are proud to share their responsibilities, ideals and so on with the Communist International.