Jeg beklager i allerhøjeste grad, at Rådet ikke er til stede under en forhandling om decharge, som vi også skal meddele Rådet, på et tidspunkt, hvor vi ved, at 80 % af alle finansielle midler forvaltes af medlemsstaterne selv.
It is outrageous that the Council should absent itself from a debate on the discharge, which we also need to grant to the Council, at a time when we know that 80% of all financial resources are managed by the Member States themselves, and this is something I deeply regret.