Det vil sige ikke at beskytte kriminelle medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet, men hovedsagelig, som hr. MacCormick sagde, at sikre den lovgivende forsamlings værdighed som sted for en uafhængig og pluralistisk debat.
That is to say, not to say to protect MEPs inclined to a life of crime but primarily, as Mr MacCormick has said, to ensure the dignity of the legislature as a place of independent and pluralistic debate.