I betragtning af Rådets meget negative holdning kunne vi have resigneret, vi kunne have kapituleret over for den tilsyneladende umulige opgave, som består i at skabe en opblødning, når det gælder medlemsstaternes klippefaste tro på bureaukratiets velsignelser. Vi ville dermed bringe Slim-initiativet i miskredit, vi ville lade hånt om virksomhedernes ønske om lettelser i indberetningsbyrden.
We could have resigned ourselves to such a negative attitude from the Council and capitulated due to the impossibility of moving the mountain of Member States' bureaucratic requirements, thereby discrediting the SLIM initiative and ignoring the interests of undertakings which continue to ask for a reduction in their statistical burdens.