Furthermore, the European Union is now seeking to deepen its unity while, at the same time, enlarging its membership: an especially difficult task, as any student of the nineteenth-century history of the United States can remind us.
Endvidere søger Den Europæiske Union nu at uddybe sin enhed, mens den samtidig udvider antallet af medlemmer, en særlig vanskelig opgave, som enhver, der studerer De Forenede Staters historie i det 19. århundrede, kan minde os om.