CONVINCED that, while remaining proud of their own national identities and history, the peoples of Europe are determined to transcend their former divisions and, united ever more closely, to forge a common destiny,
ÓS DEIMHIN leo go bhfuil sé beartaithe ag pobail na hEorpa, agus iad bródúil de shíor as a bhféiniúlacht agus as a stair náisiúnta féin, a seandeighiltí a shárú, agus, trí bheith aontaithe níos dlúithe ná riamh, a n-oidhreacht choiteann a mhúnlú,