Monica Frassoni (Greens co-chair, Italian, elected in Belgium in 1999 and in Italy in 2004): I worked as an expert in constitutional affairs before being elected and after I got elected I went on dealing mostly with the European constitution.
Viņaprāt, Eiropas Parlamentā nacionalitāte darbu neiespaido — „kaujas līnijas Eiropas Parlamentā ir nevis starp valstīm, bet gan starp politiskajām saimēm”.