He said he had a deep belief in subsidiarity, with the local level doing what it does best, but also the EU dealing with matters for which nation states had grown too small.
G. Verhofstats uzskata, ka paplašināšanās jāturpina, un ideja, ka jāizvēlas " starp Turciju vai Konstitūciju " — paplašināšanos un ciešāku integrāciju, ir nepareiza.