translate English to German: I have done this in order to honour the principle of subsidiarity and also with reference to Romano Prodi' s words here in Parliament last year when he said, "Let us remember how often we have been made into a laughing stock because we deal with things that are absolutely ridiculous, which defy common sense and conflict with the interests of our population" .
Ich habe dies getan, um dem Subsidiaritätsprinzip zu seinem Recht zu verhelfen, und ich tue es auch unter Hinweis auf die Worte von Romano Prodi letztes Jahr in diesem Parlament, als er sagte: "Let us remember how often we have been made into a laughing stock because we deal with things that are absolutely ridiculous, which defy common sense and conflict with the interests of our population ".