Vedtagelsen af en statut for medlemmerne af Europa-Parlamentet er en forkert diskussion på det forkerte tidspunkt.
Absent from this proposal, in my view, is any clear statement about what value Europeans themselves attach to the financial independence of their MEPs, and these same MEPs are instead exposed to an unworthy media campaign. At a time when all pro-European forces are concentrating on overcoming the problems involved in modernising the new, enlarged Europe, I do not intend expending any energy on ‘ Project Statute ’ if it means that we are reproached for feathering our own nests.