“I do not take my mandate from the European people.”

— Cecilia Malmström

In response to the opposition against TTIP. Source: John Hilary. " I didn’t think TTIP could get any scarier, but then I spoke to the EU official in charge of it https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-could-get-any-scarier-but-then-i-spoke-to-the-eu-official-in-charge-of-it-a6690591.html", independent.co.uk, 12 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

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“I do not take my mandate from the European people.”

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