Princippet om forholdstalsvalg har vi liberale meget kært, og det skyldes ikke kun, at vi er en af de mindre politiske familier i Europa, men også, at vi på grundlag af vores overbevisning, vores ideologi, lægger stor vægt på pluralismen i det politiske demokrati, fordi vi tror på, at et voksent demokrati skal have plads til forskellige idéer og meninger, fordi vi mener, kære kolleger, at politik skal være noget andet end magtkonfrontation mellem store blokke, og derfor er vi meget glade for denne betænkning, og den vil vi med vores gruppe derfor også godkende.
The principle of proportionality is very precious to us liberals, and that is truly not just because we are one of the smaller political families in Europe, but is because our basic convictions and ideology mean that we greatly value the pluralism of political democracy, because we believe that a mature democracy is one in which there is room for diversity of ideas and views, because we believe, ladies and gentlemen, that the business of politics has to be something more than the confrontation of power among large blocs, and therefore we are delighted with this report and my group will consequently approve it.