But also, what dramatic inadequacies there are in essential fields! The absence of any preamble to the Treaty of Amsterdam - and this is the first time that this has occurred - is an expression of the very disturbing inability of the fifteen Member States to agree together on the objectives of the European Union of the Third Millennium, at the very time when ten states are knocking on our door for admission into a project whose name, aims, means and values escape us.
La ausencia de preámbulo al Tratado de Amsterdam -y es una primicia- representa la incapacidad más que preocupante de los quince Estados miembros para definir juntos los objetivos de la Unión Europea del III milenio, en el momento preciso en que diez Estados llaman a nuestra puerta para participar en un proyecto del que ya no alcanzamos a recordar ni el objetivo, ni los medios ni los valores.