1.Jeg mener ikke, Europa-Parlamentet bør blande sig i Rådets interne forretningsorden, ligesom Rådet heller ikke blander sig i Europa-Parlamentets forretningsorden.2.Jeg finder det uheldigt at skelne mellem ministrenes lovgivningsmæssige funktioner og deres nationale funktioner (jf. betænkningens stk. 1).
1.I do not believe that Parliament should get involved in the Council's internal procedures as the Council has nothing to do with Parliament's.2.Contrary to the rapporteur's wishes as set out in paragraph 1, I believe that we would be ill-advised to make a distinction between the national and legislative role of ministers, as this might lead to calls for the creation of a new institution, such as a senate, which we do not need.3.I do not approve of the high-profile role the rapporteur confers on the European Council, as it is a role that appears to result from a very centralised and radical approach to politics.4.I do not share the rapporteur's scepticism concerning the rotating presidency.