Korruptionen skyldes ikke menneskelig svaghed. Den findes i hjertet af det europæiske system, eftersom Kommissionens og i øvrigt også Parlamentets hovedopgave er at omdanne de utallige lobbyer og pressionsgruppers ønsker til lov.
Corruption is not the result of human weakness, it lies at the very heart of the European system, since what the Commission - and the European Parliament, incidentally - mainly does is to transform the wishes of numerous lobbies and interest groups into legislation.