In their words: "widespread political opposition to the creation of anything approximating a large, unified executive bureaucracy in Brussels has long-since ended hopes, for the few who harboured them, of creating a European superstate."
Dalam kata-kata mereka: "oposisi politik yang luas terhadap pembentukan apa pun yang mendekati birokrasi eksekutif besar dan terpadu di Brussels telah lama mengakhiri harapan, bagi segelintir orang yang memendamnya, untuk menciptakan negara super Eropa."