Europe will be the better for it, and it should not be too difficult for our leaders to persuade their electorates that enlargement is not just right, but imperative. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2000)
He simply suggested that big-ticket items like the eastward enlargement of the EU should not be decided by governmental or bureaucratic fiat, but by popular consent. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2000)
Günther Verheugen, the EU Commissioner in charge of enlargement, has thrown a smallish rock, and the oceans have begun to heave. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2000)