My sixth and final point is that the only legal basis which anyone was able to find for this programme was Article 308 of the Treaty Establishing the European Union, the selfsame wretched article that we have often tried to have repealed, because it provides the Community with scope to stretch the limits of its powers.
Sixièmement, enfin, la seule base juridique que l’on ait pu trouver pour ce programme est l’article 308 du traité instituant la Communauté européenne, cet article scélérat dont nous avons souvent demandé la suppression, parce qu’il fournit des limites élastiques aux compétences européennes.
