Competing for these mandates would be a great incentive for political parties to put up a front runner for the European elections, to develop a programme for the five year term and to have a joint European campaign," he said.
Sacensība par šiem mandātiem būtu lielisks stimuls politiskajām partijām izvirzīt līderus no to vidus, sagatavot programmu piecu gadu ilgajam sasaukumam un veikt kopēju Eiropas kampaņu.”