Jeg vil gerne underrette kollegerne i Parlamentet om, at jeg i de seneste mange uger har aflagt særdeles mange politiske besøg i et antal hovedstæder i de lande, hvis finansministre i Økofin ad bagvejen har prøvet at fjerne den hårfine balance fra Parlamentet, vi havde forhandlet os frem til gennem konventet.
I should like to inform colleagues in the House that over the past several weeks I have been making intensive political visits to a number of the capital cities of the countries whose Finance Ministers, at Ecofin, had sought to enter through the back door and remove from Parliament the delicate balance we had negotiated through the Convention.