"Certainly we need to pace ourselves after last year's big bang," Rehn said, referring to the May 2004 expansion that brought in ten new Central and East European countries. "But it would be irresponsible to disrupt a valuable process that is helping to build stable and effective partners in the most unstable parts of Europe."
“U svakom slučaju, moramo da budemo oprezniji posle velikog proširenja prošle godine”, pomenuo je Ren ulazak deset novih članica iz srednje i istočne Evrope u maju 2004. “Ali bilo bi neodgovorno prekidati dragocen proces koji pomaže izgradnju stabilnih i vrednih partnera u najnestabilnijim delovima Evrope.”