This reduction is a very major one for all Member States, but it is particularly disadvantageous to the new Member States, given that we believed this allocation would offset the discriminatory Copenhagen agreements, as indeed was also promised by Mrs Fischer Boel at her hearing.
Cette réduction est d’une ampleur majeure pour tous les États membres, mais elle désavantage surtout les nouveaux adhérents, puisque nous pensions que cette allocation compenserait les accords discriminatoires de Copenhague, comme l’avait d’ailleurs promis Mme Fischer Boel lors de son audition.