What was now needed was for governments to start presenting Europe to their citizens in a realistic way, covering the good as well as the bad: the enlargement of 2004 and the successful introduction of the euro were two examples of the former.
Lai Eiropas Savienības spētos stāties pretī mūsdienu izaicinājumiem ekonomikā, politikā un no drošības viedokļa, " politiska savienība ir vienīgā izeja ".