Desuden argumenterede han, at der var en væsentlig offentlig interesse i tildelingen af EU-midler til det pågældende projekt, og at eventuelle uregelmæssigheder vedrørende projektet allerede havde været genstand for artikler i større aviser.
Furthermore, he argued that there was a substantial public interest in the provision of EU funds for the project in question and that possible irregularities concerning the project had already been the subject of articles in major newspapers.