Vi mener, at EU i betragtning af at Hamas er en organisation, som står på listen over terrororganisationer og ikke viser tegn på at bevæge sig i retning af at anerkende de grundlæggende principper, som jeg nævnte, ikke har andet valg end - forhåbentlig kun foreløbigt - at indstille de direkte betalinger til regeringen.
It is our belief that, given the fact that Hamas is an organisation that is on the list of terrorist organisations and gives no indication of any tendency to acknowledge the fundamental principles to which I have referred, the European Union has no choice but to adopt a policy of suspending direct payments to this government, although it is to be hoped that this will be only a temporary measure.