Det var på den baggrund, og fordi EU ikke er i stand til at handle aktivt her, at vi skrev et brev til det finske formandskab for to uger siden, og når jeg siger vi, mener jeg ikke vi grønne, men derimod koordinatorerne for de konservative, socialdemokraterne, de liberale og mig selv. I brevet rettes der en indtrængende appel til revisionskonferencen, som rummer en historisk mulighed for at indføre et forbud mod klyngeammunition, om at fastlægge en fælles europæisk holdning, der går i samme retning.
It was with this in mind and considering the European Union's inability to take action that we, a fortnight ago, wrote a letter to the Finnish Presidency - and when I say 'we' I mean not 'we Greens' but rather the coordinators of the conservatives, the socialists, the liberals and I myself - with an urgent appeal for a European position in favour of an outright ban to be tabled at this conference, which represents an historic opportunity for the prohibition of cluster munitions.