A few months back, during the election campaign for this Parliament, the people heading the list of candidates of almost all the Dutch parties were quite vocal in saying that Mr Bolkestein should not be permitted to become a Member of the Commission.
Il y a quelques mois, pendant la campagne électorale pour ce Parlement, les têtes de liste de pratiquement tous les partis néerlandais affirmaient que Bolkestein ne devait en aucun cas devenir membre de la Commission européenne.