If, by some misfortune, the statute now being discussed were to lead, as may be feared, to an increased parliamentary salary and to reduced income tax; if, moreover, the idea were created that MEPs were escaping the financial controls of their own countries and were becoming employees of Brussels; then I say to you loud and clear that our fellow citizens would not accept this, and the EU’s credibility would be dealt another terrible blow.
Si, par malheur, le statut aujourd’hui en discussion aboutissait - comme on peut le craindre? - ? une indemnité parlementaire augmentée et ? des impôts sur les revenus réduits, si, en plus, il donnait le sentiment que les députés européens échappent aux contrôles financiers de leur propre pays et deviennent les salariés de l’entité bruxelloise, alors, je vous le dis clairement, nos concitoyens ne l’accepteraient pas et ce serait un nouveau coup terrible porté ? la crédibilité de l’Union.
