These things would return to our Union with undiminished force if we were to wreck the process of integration, and that is why the cry to arms goes up to those who - under our President of Council, Mrs Merkel - are fighting for the continuation of the process of integration and for a deeper Union, to those who dedicate themselves to Europe's values, the values that have made us strong and an example to others, for we cannot allow a situation in which the Commission, when negotiating with other states, says to them: 'You, if you want to join the EU, must put yourselves through a process of transformation, a process that nullifies everything by which you were governed up to now, but we ourselves - the ones who are demanding this of you - are not able to reform ourselves'.
Vetoamme niihin, jotka ovat omistautuneet eurooppalaisten arvojen puolustamiseen - arvojen, jotka ovat tehneet meistä vahvoja ja esimerkillisiä. Olisi nimittäin sietämätöntä, että neuvotellessaan muiden valtioiden kanssa komissio joutuisi toteamaan: "Jos haluatte liittyä Euroopan unioniin, teidän on alistuttava muutosprosessiin, joka mitätöi kaiken sen, mitä olette pitäneet ohjenuorananne tähän asti, mutta me itse emme pysty uudistumaan, vaikka vaadimme teiltä sitä."