A new stage had been opened up in the construction of Europe, which, it is to be hoped, will now, after Amsterdam, Nice and the constitution, come to fruition in the Treaty of Lisbon.
Cruthaíodh ardán nua le haghaidh forbairt na hEorpa, ardán, tá súil agam, a thiocfaidh in inmhe anois – tar éis Amstardam, tar éis Nice agus tar éis an bhunreachta – le Conradh Liospóin.