However, some of Mr Duff's compatriots said exactly the opposite: representatives of the European Conservatives and Reformists and the representative of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group - who is not British - along with Mrs Sinclaire and subsequently Mrs Morvai, who said quite clearly, 'Why does the European Union need to sign the European Convention on Human Rights if the Member States are already parties to it?'
Totuşi, unii compatrioţi ai dlui Duff au spus exact opusul: reprezentanţi ai Conservatorilor şi Reformiştilor Europeni şi reprezentantul Grupului Europa Libertăţii şi Democraţiei, care nu este britanic, precum şi dna Sinclaire şi, mai apoi, dna Morvai, care au spus destul de clar: "De ce trebuie Uniunea Europeană să semneze Convenţia europeană a drepturilor omului dacă statele sale membre au aderat deja la ea?”