On je istakao strateške potrebe EU i upozorio da će utjecaj tog 27-članog bloka na Balkanu biti okončan, bez Kavkaza i Bliskog Istoka, ako ne primi Tursku.
He pointed to the EU's strategic needs and warned the 27-member bloc's influence would end in the Balkans, falling short of the Caucasus and the Middle East, if it did not admit Turkey.