Thus, the claim that the European Parliament directly represents Europe’s people and that the people have given the EPP’s candidate a direct popular mandate that the member states’ representatives in the European Council should respect rings hollow. The S&D obtained more votes, giving its Spitzenkandidat, Martin Schulz, a claim to greater democratic legitimacy.
因此，欧洲议会直接代表了欧洲人民、是人民给予了欧洲人民党候选人直接的群众授权因而应该获得成员国的欧洲委员会代表的尊重的观点是站不住脚的。S&D获得了更多的选票，因此其首席候选人舒尔茨（Martin Shultz）拥有更大的民主合法性。