Vi i Udvalget for Andragender skal måske i endnu højere grad end andre medlemmer af Parlamentet udvise respekt for de juridiske realiteter og befolkningens demokratiske stemme, i dette tilfælde den irske befolkning, der har henvist Lissabontraktaten til historiens losseplads.
We of the Committee on Petitions, perhaps more than any other members of this House, must show respect for the legal realities and the democratically expressed voice of the people, in this case the people of Ireland, who have consigned the Lisbon Treaty to the dustbin of history.