I can tell him that, when we were preparing the Maastricht Treaty, I had the opportunity to speak with Paco Ordóñez, who was Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, and he told me that he carried the ‘Spinelli Treaty’ in his briefcase and I carried it as well, and I would recommend to Minister Roche that he carries the ‘Spinelli Treaty’ in his briefcase when he has to find some imaginative solution.
Je peux lui répondre que, lorsque nous préparions le traité de Maastricht, j’ai eu l’occasion de parler avec M. Paco Ordóñez, le ministre espagnol des affaires étrangères de l’époque, qui m’a avoué posséder le «traité Spinelli» dans son porte-documents et que je l’avais moi aussi. Je recommanderai donc à M. Roche de mettre le «traité Spinelli» dans sa mallette s’il veut trouver une solution imaginative.
