The President of the Commission has accepted the governments’ nominations, but he has put his trust in his Commissioners because he, and he alone, is the guarantor of the programme: if Mr Barroso is the conductor of the orchestra, as Mr Cohn-Bendit says, it is he who must tune the instruments and tell us whether the musicians know how to play.
Le président de la Commission a accepté les nominations des gouvernements, mais il a placé sa confiance en ses commissaires car lui, et lui seul, est le garant du programme: si M. Barroso est le chef d’orchestre, comme M. Cohn-Bendit le dit, c’est lui qui doit accorder les instruments et nous dire si les musiciens savent jouer.