We have been working on this Treaty to reform the European Union for 10 years now, since the Nice decisions, and we wish that the last remaining difficult steps can be taken as well so that, hopefully, this Treaty can enter into force at the beginning of 2010.
Priekšsēdētājs arī izteica cerību, ka sekmīgi turpināsies Lisabonas līguma ratifikācija un līgums varēs stāties spēkā nākamā gada sākumā.