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Je dis d'avance que cette directive sera également rejetée par la Cour de justice et, si nous ne sommes pas prêts à en vérifier les aspects juridiques, le Parlement et la Commission vont se couvrir de ridicule comme la première fois !
I predict that this directive, too, will fall before the European Court of Justice, and Parliament and the Commission will make a fool of themselves just as they did the first time, if we are not prepared to examine the legal aspects.
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