Uanset hvor kompliceret ratificeringen af Lissabontraktaten viste sig at være, må det ikke blive en undskyldning for Kommissionen, der ikke har fremlagt udkastet til en ny budgetstruktur til tiden.
However complicated the Lisbon Treaty ratification might have been in the end, it cannot be an excuse for the Commission, which failed to submit the draft of the new budget structure on time.