En particulier, il faut absolument souligner que le traité de Nice, dans son ensemble, s’oppose fondamentalement ? l’esprit et ? la lettre de la Constitution française, esprit qui est celui de la souveraineté nationale.
In particular it must be emphasised absolutely that the Treaty of Nice as a whole is fundamentally opposed to the spirit and the letter of the French constitution, a spirit which is the spirit of national sovereignty.