Barroso je u utorak izrazio nadu da će EU biti u stanju sprovesti potrebne institucionalne reforme do kraja 2008, tako da može ispoštovati svoje obaveze prema zemljama koje se nadaju pristupanju, uključujući zemlje Zapadnog Balkana i Tursku.
Barroso voiced hope Tuesday that the EU would be able to carry out the needed institutional reforms by the end of 2008, so that it could honour its commitments to countries hoping to join it, including the Western Balkan nations and Turkey.