Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the increasingly frequent meetings of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union mean that they are increasingly unable to fend off charges that they are tackling issues which actually have no business at European level while continuing to ignore the issues which they should be addressing.
Hr. formand, hr. formand for Rådet, hr. kommissær, kære kolleger, møderne mellem stats- og regeringschefer i Den Europæiske Union, der finder sted oftere og oftere, kan i stadig mindre grad værge sig mod den bebrejdelse, at de sager, der bliver behandlet, egentlig ikke hører hjemme på europæisk plan, og de sager, der burde behandles, lader man ligge.