I therefore also listened very carefully to Commissioner Verheugen' s words about 'selling' the EU to the candidate countries, for the majority of Central and Eastern European countries - if not all of them - have, of course, said that they want to hold referenda, or in any case have not said that they do not, and I personally think that this is a good idea. One should be clear, however, that there is undeniably a danger of people voting 'no' .
Derfor lyttede jeg også meget nøje til kommissær Verheugens ord om "formidling af EU" til ansøgerlandene, for de fleste central- og østeuropæiske lande - hvis ikke dem alle sammen - har jo sagt, at de vil have folkeafstemninger eller i hvert fald ikke talt imod det, og jeg tror personligt, det er en god idé, men man skal bare gøre sig klart, at man unægteligt risikerer et nej.