when two and a half years ago stood against you as a candidate for the presidency of european parliament on behalf of my group i laid great emphasis on the kneedth
When, two and a half years ago, I stood against you as a candidate for the Presidency of the European Parliament on behalf of my group, I laid great emphasis on the need for the President of Parliament to represent an institution free from the interests of the Member States and the pressures exercised by financial lobbies, to guide an equally free administration chosen on the basis of merit and not of political loyalty, and to be able to speak to an increasingly divided and indifferent public.
When, two and a half years ago, stood against you as a candidate for the Presidency of European Parliament on behalf of my group, I laid great emphasis on the need the President of Parliament to represent an institution free from interests of the Member States and the exercised by financial lobbies, to guide an equally administration chosen on the basis and not of political loyalty, and to be able to speak to an divided and indifferent public.