Dagens debat er vigtig, fordi det ikke kun er Rådet, der skal gøre sit hjemmearbejde på mange områder - det skal vi også. Gennemskueligt, beslutsomt, forståeligt og i fuld bevidsthed om vores ansvar, og hvis pingpongspillet skal have en ende, skal det præciseres, at vi besluttede, at 700 medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet er tilstrækkeligt.
The time for them has come; indeed, the resolution is overdue, and I tell you that today's debate is important, because it is not only the Council that needs to do its homework on many issues - we do too, transparently, determinedly, comprehensibly, and in full awareness of our responsibilities, and, if the game of ping-pong is to be brought to an end, then it has to be spelled out that we decided that seven hundred MEPs were sufficient; it was the Council, in Nice, who arbitrarily increased our number.