Derfor vil jeg slutte med at bede Dem nøje overveje følgende spørgsmål: Tror De virkelig, at de hårdt pressede europæiske skatteydere og Det Forenede Kongeriges skatteydere, navnlig i den nuværende situation, virkelig ønsker, at der skal bruges 2 mia. EUR ekstra - for det ligger der i disse forslag - bare for at EU-kommissæren kan spankulere rundt i verden?
I therefore leave you and ask you to consider very carefully this question: can you really suppose that hard-pressed European taxpayers and UK taxpayers, especially in today's environment, really want an extra EUR 2 billion to be spent - because that is what these proposals provide for - just so that the EU Commissioner can strut about on the world stage?