The failure of Seattle, which I predicted, several weeks beforehand and in writing – forgive me if I gloat – was entirely due, in my opinion, to this twofold lack of legitimacy. Firstly, because the WTO itself has no legitimacy and, whatever people may think, is not up to the task that it has set itself.
L'échec de Seattle, que je me flatte, pardonnez-moi, d'avoir prédit, et par écrit, quelques semaines auparavant, tenait précisément à mon sens à cette absence de légitimité, cette double absence de légitimité.