- Hr. formand, jeg håbede, at Kofi Annans tale i sidste uge ville medføre en slags demokratisk ryk fra Kommissionens og især Rådets side, men det gik endelig op for mig, at det ikke ville være tilfældet.
– Mr President, I was hoping that Kofi Annan’s speech, which we heard last week, would provoke an outbreak of democracy on the part of the Commission and the Council in particular, but I see that in the end it has done no such thing.