Og jeg spørger mig selv, hvilken moralsk ret visse medlemsstater har til at kritisere andre for at udøve deres lovlige ret til afstemning med kvalificeret flertal, når de frækt forsvarer deres egne nationale interesser og dermed krænker traktaternes ånd og bogstav, som Kommissionen har erkendt det.
It is one thing to be flexible and apply the rules in accordance with the circumstances, but it is another matter altogether to try to change the rules when the game has already begun, when the result is not favourable or when it does not suit us; and that attitude, Mr President, will have consequences, because a market which is not able to respect its own rules creates insecurity and a lack of confidence in the credibility of the single currency and, as the Chairman of our political group, Mr Poettering, said, today's deficit is tomorrow's debt and the taxes of the day after tomorrow.