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.
Paplašināšanās G. Verhofstats uzskata, ka paplašināšanās jāturpina, un ideja, ka jāizvēlas " starp Turciju vai Konstitūciju " — paplašināšanos un ciešāku integrāciju, ir nepareiza.