It seems to me that that was the one we had to pursue: to arrive at a text during the December part-session and to achieve a consensus between the Council and Parliament. That is what public opinion was expecting and if, by misfortune, another accident were to happen we would be very severely judged.
Il me semble que c’était celui que l’on devait poursuivre : arriver à un texte à la période de session de décembre, arriver à un consensus entre le Conseil et le Parlement, car c’est ce qu’attendent les opinions publiques, et si par malheur un autre accident survenait, nous serions très sévèrement jugés.