Jeg har været medlem af Europa-Parlamentet, siden Spanien trådte ind i EU den 1. januar 1986, og det er første gang, at Parlamentet har skabt præcedens for, at en anmodning fra en højesteret ikke henvises til det kompetente udvalg, men besvares af formandens kabinetschef, og skrivelsen fra Spaniens ambassadør stiles til kabinetschefen, som om han var en anden formand.
I have been a Member of this Parliament since Spain joined the European Union on 1 January 1986 and, for the first time, this Parliament has established the precedent of a petition from a Supreme Court, not being delivered to the competent committee, but being replied to through the Head of the President 's private office, and the Spanish Ambassador' s letter addressed to the Head of the President 's private office, as if he were a second President.