I am grateful to the Members of the European Parliament during that parliamentary term, who three times in succession, from 1977 to 1979 (an uncommon occurrence under the regulatory framework of the time), decided to re-elect me in order to ensure the success, under my presidency and with their full cooperation, of the greatest of European democratic undertakings: election of the European Parliament by universal surage.
Tá mé faoi chomaoin mhór ag na Feisirí de Pharlaimint na hEorpa a bhí ann le linn an téarma pharlaimintigh sin mar chinn siad trí uair as a chéile, ó 1977 go 1979 (rud neamhchoitianta faoin gcreat rialúcháin a bhí ann ag an am sin), mé a atoghadh lena chinntiú go mbeadh rath ar an mbeart daonlathach Eorpach is suntasaí a tharlódh le linn m’uachtaránachta agus le comhoibriú ó gach duine: toghadh Pharlaimint na hEorpa trí vótáil chomhchoiteann.