Jeg vil heller ikke lægge skjul på, at den pakke, der nu foreligger, var meget omstridt i Rådet, og at det kun med stort besvær og takket være en stor indsats også fra rådsformanden i COREPER lykkedes at få den igennem i en række delegationer.
Nor do I wish to gloss over the fact that the package now before you was the cause of a great deal of contention in the Council, and that it took some effort – and a great deal of effort on the part of the President of the Council in COREPER – to get some of the delegations to accept it.