Si le Parlement européen élu n’existait pas, il est fort probable que la Commission et les ministres nationaux au sein du Conseil, livrés à eux-mêmes, auraient adopté cette directive indésirable.
Without the existence of the elected European Parliament, there would have been a real danger that, if left to their own devices, the Commission and national ministers in the Council would have adopted this undesirable piece of legislation.