Belgium will be serving on the United Nations Security Council for the next two years, and has indicated that it wants to give its mandate a European dimension. The coming period could thus be used in both countries to review traditional positions and reflect on how European policy can best serve their common needs.
目前荷兰对进一步政治融合所持的保守立场并不符合荷兰人民的长远利益。但在荷兰选民2005年中举行全民公决坚决否定了欧盟宪法提案以后，比利时或许可以对荷兰的立场表现出更多理解的态度。