Mon collègue, Stavros Dimas, m’a demandé de vous présenter ses excuses de ne pas être ici en personne, car il est malade, ce qui est particulièrement regrettable car cette séance plénière aurait probablement été sa dernière.
My colleague, Stavros Dimas, has asked me to apologise on his behalf for not being able to be here himself because he is ill, which is particularly regrettable as this would probably have been his last plenary appearance.
