The Lisbon Treaty contained the central institutional reforms required to enable this, he said, and, while the treaty process was not yet finalised, he looked forward to its completion in the near future.
H.-G. Poterings arī uzsvēra, cik būtisks ES efektīvai darbībai turpmāk ir Lisabonas līgums: "Lai arī debates nav noslēgtas, mums jābūt drošiem, ka līdz 2010. gadam mēs sasniegsim pozitīvu rezultātu."