Approximately 150 million people in South-eastern Europe – the Western Balkans, Ukraine, and Turkey – aim at becoming EU citizens. Membership will obviously take time, but the accession process will drive modernization and democratic reform in a way that will strengthen all of Europe.
为了确保这个模式的未来，欧洲政府和人民必须在这个开放的世界中保持一个开放的欧洲。更实际的做法是，继续尊重罗马协议的 49 条，对所有愿意加入欧盟的国家敞开大门，只要他们和欧盟拥有共同的价值观，利益和政策。