I appreciated the relative optimism of your opening words, Commissioner, but I think that things which go without saying are better said and I would like to help strengthen the grounds for optimism. The media are taking the view that, in the present situation, the disappearance of Ariel Sharon presages disaster and that the outlook is quite frightening.
J’ai apprécié, Madame la Commissaire, le relatif optimisme de votre propos inaugural, mais je trouve que ce qui va sans dire va mieux en le disant, et je voudrais contribuer à fonder plus cet optimisme. La disparition d’Ariel Sharon a, dans cette situation, des allures de catastrophe et a largement de quoi faire peur: ça, c’est le point de vue de nos médias.