One cannot connect with citizens by making bland speeches about the existence of a democratic deficit. That is only balderdash. One connects with citizens by discussing real things in their lives such as the behaviour of Sky Television. The gentleman to whom one of the Senators referred earlier can vote "Yes" in the referendum on the Nice treaty because the Television Without Frontiers Directive has been in place for many years. Who insisted on the inclusion of the relevant clause? It was not the Commission. The European Parliament, through engaging in process of co-legislation and practical politics, tabled an amendment – based on the fact many people could not afford to pay for satellite television channels – to give states the right to legislate, if they so choose, to make free what would otherwise be charge to air.