That is to say, not to say to protect MEPs inclined to a life of crime but primarily, as Mr MacCormick has said, to ensure the dignity of the legislature as a place of independent and pluralistic debate.
Det vil sige ikke at beskytte kriminelle medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet, men hovedsagelig, som hr. MacCormick sagde, at sikre den lovgivende forsamlings værdighed som sted for en uafhængig og pluralistisk debat.