Vi har som parlamentsmedlemmer i den sidste tid igen og igen stået over for det problem over for vore vælgere at skulle bringe højtflyvende erklæringer fra regeringschefernes topmøder i harmoni med de aktuelle politiske begivenheder.
As MEPs, we have been confronted on several occasions recently with the problem of how to reconcile, in the minds of our voters, the grand declarations issued at summit meetings of the Heads of Government with the reality of day-to-day politics.