Certains voulaient une hausse de 100 %, mais nous sommes parvenus à un bon compromis, 50 %, car plusieurs personnes, en particulier au sein de la commission des affaires étrangères, mais également ailleurs dans ce Parlement, voudraient que le Conseil tienne son engagement à cause de la manière dont le Parlement et le Conseil gèrent la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune.
There were those who wanted 100%, but we reached 50% as a good compromise because there are a range of people, particularly in the Committee on Foreign Affairs but also elsewhere in this Parliament, who would like to see the commitment entered into by the Council fulfilled for the way in which we handle the common foreign and security policy between Parliament and Council.