We would have preferred to have had greater clarification of the agenda and more guarantees on the method before giving our opinion, and frankly, we did not appreciate the discourtesy the Portuguese Presidency showed towards the European Parliament by scheduling the start of the Intergovernmental Conference for Saint Valentine' s day, the first day of the Strasbourg part-session.
Vi ville gerne have vidst lidt mere om dagsordenen og metoden, før vi afgav udtalelse, og vi var ærligt talt ikke særligt begejstrede for det portugisiske formandskabs uhøflighed over for Europa-Parlamentet ved at fastsætte datoen for regeringskonferencens begyndelse til den første dag i Strasbourg-mødeperioden.