Señor Presidente, obviamente, me complace que el Parlamento finalmente haya recobrado sus sentidos, haya aceptado lo que, para muchos de nosotros, era inevitable todo el tiempo y haya accedido a un incremento del 2,9%, aunque he de decir en nombre de muchos de nosotros que eso se queda corto.
Mr President, I am obviously pleased that Parliament has finally come to its senses, accepted what, to many of us, was inevitable all along and settled for a 2.9% increase, although I have to say for many of us that does not go far enough.