I min tale i Europa-Parlamentet i anledning af debatten ved indsættelsen af den nye Kommission forpligtede jeg mig personligt til at gøre bestræbelsen på at fremme lige muligheder til en ledetråd i Fællesskabets politik, og jeg mener, at Kommissionen her halvvejs igennem embedsperioden gennem de mange initiativer, den har taget, klart har vist, at den har holdt ord.
At the time of my investiture speech before the European Parliament, I undertook personally to make the pursuit of equal opportunities a key thread of Community policy and I think I can affirm that at the half-way stage of its term of office, this Commission has clearly demonstrated, by the multiplicity of the initiatives adopted, that it is keeping its word.