Da den europæiske integration stadig var ny, blev love lavet ud fra andre synspunkter end i dag, og hvis vi går lidt længere tilbage, finder vi meget forbavsende ting i vores lovbøgers annaler.
When European integration was still in its infancy, the attitude towards the adoption of legislation was quite different from that which prevails today, and, going back a little further, astonishing things are to be found in the annals of our statute books.