I would like to tell you today, Mr Prodi, that you will not fight against fraud, as you would like, or re-establish democracy in Europe by constructing a super-state which would be artificial and which, by its very nature, would entail a Commission and a European civil service which are cut off from the people.
Je voudrais vous dire, aujourd’hui, Monsieur Prodi, qu’on ne combattra pas la fraude comme vous le souhaitez, on ne restaurera pas la démocratie en Europe en construisant un super-État qui serait artificiel et qui, par nature, impliquerait une Commission et une fonction publique européenne coupées des peuples.