Reagujući na takve brojke, njemački list Der Spiegel zaključuje da se EU "prikriveno proširuje s istoka -- bez referenduma niti ikakvog pristanka iz Brisela, Berlina ili Pariza".
Responding to such statistics, Germany's Der Spiegel concluded the EU is being "stealthily expanded from the east -- without a referendum or any agreements from Brussels, Berlin or Paris".