Hvis vi fortsat skal eller vil skære medlemsbidragene til europæiske opgaver ud af de nationale budgetter, så vil dette blive sidste gang, det er lykkedes at flikke finansielle overslag sammen.
If we go on having to, or choosing to, engage in the surgical removal of membership contributions from national budgets to finance the work of the Union, this will have been the last time we managed to put together a Financial Perspective.