With regard to the main problem of the opt-out, it is my view that what the Council was offering was legally contradictory and, above all, went against what I consider to be essential elements for a Europe that cannot, and should not, relinquish its social dimension without losing its identity.
Concernant le problème principal de l’opt-out , j’estime que l’offre du Conseil était juridiquement contradictoire et, surtout, allait à l’encontre de ce que je considère comme des éléments essentiels d’une Europe qui ne peut, ni ne doit, renoncer à sa dimension sociale sans perdre son identité.