I was dismayed that, in what is known as the institutional triangle, the appointment of the Italian Commissioner Mr Buttiglione was overturned. This episode was tantamount to an intellectual and moral witch-hunt, and was, in my view, unworthy of this House.
Je regrette que dans ce que l’on appelle le triangle institutionnel, il ait refusé l’investiture du commissaire italien Buttiglione, cette véritable chasse aux sorcières intellectuelle et morale n’était, je le crois, pas digne de notre Assemblée.
