De elementære svar, kommissær Nielson gav mig, var yderst vage, og jeg er personligt meget overrasket over at konstatere, at Parlamentet i dag har kunnet give grønt lys for underskrivelsen af denne frihandelsaftale, al den stund at princippet om beskyttelse af regionale benævnelser og appellationer ikke er klart anerkendt i bilaget til aftalen, og der ikke er udstedt nogen som helst garantier, når det gælder udviklingen i importeret vin helt uden told og konsekvenserne heraf for hele det europæiske vinavlererhverv.
The answer which Commissioner Nielson gave me was couched in the vaguest possible terms and I am personally very surprised to observe that Parliament has been able today to give the go-ahead to the signature of this free trade agreement, even though the principle of protection of trade names and designations of origin has not been clearly acknowledged in the Annex to the Agreement and that no guarantee has been offered regarding the evolution of zero-rated imports and the consequences of this for the whole of the wine-growing sector in Europe.