Translation of "translation of caractère d'une voix " (French → English) :

– Mr President, I was elected by the people of the south-east of England to reform the EU. Block voting for all the 27 commissioners with one vote is business as usual: not reform, not transparency, not accountability, not responsible confirmation.

– Mr President, I was elected by the people of the south-east of England to reform the EU. Block voting for all the 27 commissioners with one vote is business as usual: not reform, not transparency, not accountability, not responsible confirmation.

Economic policy coordination must provide the euro area with a much-needed "political voice". In the future, such a voice can ensure unitary representation for the euro in international economic and financial institutions and organisations.

11. Notes that the parliamentary credentials, parity and democratic legitimacy of the JPA will only become fully effective once a solution is found to the basic imbalance between the European contingent, reflecting the European Parliament's political make-up and the spectrum of political views within it, and the system of representation of ACP States, based on the "one country, one vote" principle, which in actual practice prevents different political views from being expressed; calls, in this connection, for comprehensive discussions, with no taboo subjects, to be opened on a re-weighting of votes with a view to establishing a system g ...[+++]uaranteeing genuine parity and political pluralism, and on the material resources this will require;

11. Notes that the parliamentary credentials, parity and democratic legitimacy of the JPA will only become fully effective once a solution is found to the basic imbalance between the European contingent, reflecting the European Parliament's political make-up and the spectrum of political views within it, and the system of representation of ACP States, based on the "one country, one vote" principle, which in actual practice prevents different political views from being expressed; calls, in this connection, for comprehensive discussions, with no taboo subjects, to be opened on a re-weighting of votes with a view to establishing a system g ...[+++]uaranteeing genuine parity and political pluralism, and on the material resources this will require;

On Fergusson’s death at the age of 97, the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Margaret McCain, observed that “She was a tiny woman with a soft voice and a gentle manner. She knocked down many barriers without ever being provocative or strident”.