The Commission’s refusal to re-examine this figure, which is obviously far too low, meant that the Council would have to take a unanimous decision to increase the proposed amount, which was pretty much mission impossible, despite the efforts of the UK Presidency, I would emphasise.
En refusant de revenir sur ce chiffre, manifestement très sous-évalué, la Commission imposait au Conseil une décision unanime pour augmenter la somme proposée, autant dire mission impossible, en dépit des efforts de la Présidence britannique, je tiens à le souligner.