Da medlemsstaterne undertegnede Edinburgh-aftalen, vidste de, hvilke forpligtelser de sagde ja til; de vidste, at de skulle opfylde konvergenskriterierne, og det er simpelthen for dårligt nu at sætte disse ting i forhold til hinanden, for det skader udnyttelsen af vore regionalprogrammer.
When Member States signed up to the Edinburgh Agreement, they knew the commitments they were entering into; they knew they had to meet the convergence criteria and it is simply not good enough now to make a linkage which is not in the interests of our regional policy programmes.