I negoziati, a cui ho partecipato di persona fino all'ultimo giorno, assieme ad altri ministri, sono stati estremamente difficili e ardui e ora il Consiglio accetta questo testo con fermezza e senza riserve. ###>The negotiations, in which I personally, along with other ministers, was involved up until the final day, were extremely difficult and arduous, and there is now an unequivocal, firm view in the Council that this is a text that is acceptable for the Council.