Det var nødvendigt at true Kommissionen med afsked for at sikre, at Parlamentets krav om en nøjere gennemgang af de budgetmæssige procedurer og den finansielle forvaltning blev imødekommet og for at tvinge Kommissionen til at påtage sig en tilbundsgående undersøgelse af sin forvaltning af skatteydernes penge.
It was necessary to threaten the Commission with the sack in order to ensure that Parliament's demands for more scrutiny of budgetary procedures and financial management were met, and to force the Commission to undertake a root-and-branch review of the Commission's management of taxpayers' money.