When asked, after he had finished his term of office as President of the Commission, if there was anything he regretted or if there had not been enough of something, he admitted that the European Union and the Commission had devoted too little time to matters of culture.
Invité, au terme de son mandat de président de la Commission, à indiquer s’il regrettait quoi que ce soit ou s’il estimait que quelque chose avait manqué, il a reconnu que l’Union européenne et la Commission n’avaient pas consacré suffisamment de temps aux questions culturelles.