Nogle få gange har jeg måske bedt visse kolleger om at tage den nationale parlamentarikers briller af, glemme deres partitilhørsforhold og fungere lidt mere som medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet i alle EU-borgeres tjeneste.
On a few occasions I did perhaps ask certain colleagues to divest themselves of the mantle of national parliamentarian, in other words to cast off their partisan allegiances, so as to function a little more as Members of this House at the service of all EU citizens.