I distance myself from what Mr Abitbol had to say about him because he was quite right in talking about the moral obligation that we have to candidate countries, about the fact that democracy and human rights are the battle that these countries have taken forward.
Je ne partage pas l'avis de M. Abitbol sur lui. M. Verheugen a eu raison de parler de l'obligation morale que nous avons envers les pays candidats, du fait que ces pays se battent pour la démocratie et les droits de l'homme.