However, he then questioned whether decision-making in Brussels was always the best way to achieve these goals, and asked MEPs "are you really convinced that every time you take a vote, you are deciding something that must be decided here in this Chamber and not closer to the citizens, i.e. inside the individual European states?".
V. Klauss uzsvēra, ka vēlas kliedēt pārpratumus par Čehijas nostāju: „Es vēlos atkārtot savu pārliecību: mums nekad nav bijusi alternatīva dalībai ES.