La taille de l'Union augmentera et elle menacera l'indépendance de nos États nationaux. Il y a, secundo, la base sur laquelle la Commission Prodi a été installée, à savoir le scandale qui a été révélé dans le cadre du premier rapport du comité des experts au printemps.
The EU is to make its presence more keenly felt across national borders, and, to an extent, that is a threat to our nation states. The second point is the background to the Prodi Commission. As we know, this was the scandal that was uncovered in connection with the first report by the Experts’ group this spring.