Min anden bemærkning er, at jeg ærligt talt har svært ved at forstå, at Rådet, der har fundet det hensigtsmæssigt at vedtage oprettelsen af 71 stillinger til sig selv, til gengæld afviser nogle meget mere beskedne krav fra andre institutioner, som f.eks. Regionsudvalget.
The second point is that frankly it is difficult for me to understand why, if the Council thought it right to award itself 71 new posts, it refused very modest demands from the other institutions, for example the Committee of the Regions, which has undoubtedly seen significant increases in its own responsibilities since the Treaty of Amsterdam.