Dat is vooral nodig om te voorkomen dat regeringen van EU-lidstaten dit Europese minimum als normaal gaan beschouwen en hun nationale regelgeving tot dit niveau terugbrengen, zoals de Nederlandse minister De Geus schijnt te willen.
This is, above all, necessary to prevent governments of EU Member States from considering these European minimum provisions as normal and adjusting their national legislation accordingly, as the Dutch Minister De Geus appears to want to do.