The reason for this mess is not that Parliament is likely to be obstinate. Rather, it is because, even during the transition, when it was already clear that this Parliament still had more to say, the Council and the Commission – particularly the Council – did not understand that they had to involve Parliament.
La raison de ce désordre ne réside pas tant dans la possible obstination du Parlement, que dans le fait que, pendant la phase de transition, alors qu’il était clair que le Parlement avait encore des choses à dire, le Conseil et la Commission, mais surtout le Conseil, n’ont pas compris qu’ils fallait lui permettre de collaborer.