Returning to his earlier theme of fiscal responsibility, he said that countries which had consolidated their budgetary position in prosperous times were now able, for example, to fund social measures to help the less well-off cope with energy price rises.
Par potenciālajām kandidātvalstīm — tādām, kam ir pievienošanās izredzes — uzskata Albāniju, Bosniju un Hercegovinu, Melnkalni, Serbiju un Kosovu saskaņā ar ANO Drošības padomes rezolūciju Nr. 1244 par tās statusu.