I det øjeblikkelige klima, der - som understreget i visse indlæg - er præget af en voksende mistillid hos borgerne over for politikken, er den styrkelse af de europæiske politiske partiers opgave, som allerede er omhandlet i Unionstraktaten, af fundamental betydning.
In the current climate, characterized - as a number of honourable Members have mentioned - by a growing distrust of politics on the part of citizens, it is essential that the duties of the European political parties, as provided for in the Treaty on European Union, be more rigorously defined.