Vi taler om Europa-Parlamentets godkendelse af Kommissionens formand, som er en væsentlig ændring, der indføres med Amsterdam-traktaten, og som er en legitimisering af den ene del af de to magtfaktorer, der udgør Den Europæiske Union, hvis vi godtager den definition, at Den Europæiske Union er en forening af befolkninger og stater.
We are debating the approval of the nomination of the President of the European Commission by the European Parliament, which is a most important change instituted by the Treaty of Amsterdam and which legitimises at least one of the two authorities that make up the European Union, if we accept the definition that the European Union is an association of peoples and states.