- (DE) Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire Byrne, lorsque la proposition de la Commission est arrivée, nous étions un peu perplexes, en commission, quant à savoir si nous devions la traiter car, disons-le respectueusement, cette proposition était très mince.
– (DE) Mr President, Commissioner Byrne, when we received the Commission proposal, we were somewhat undecided in committee as to whether we should deal with it at all because, with all due respect, it was very insubstantial.