He acknowledged Chancellor Schüssel's notion that a European constitution should meet the concerns of the European people but declared that "in the present atmosphere of unease and trust, words are no longer enough" and advised that the Chancellor had to do something tangible: "the proof of the pudding is in the eating".
ERASMUS programma ir viens no visspilgtākajiem un veiksmīgākajiem piemēriem, tomēr Padome gatavojas samazināt līdzekļu apjomu šai jauniešiem domātajai programmai ."