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"The Commission's reform strategy White Paper fulfils the undertakings readily given to Parliament and to the Council last year to give immediate attention to addressing the way in which the Institution, as an organisation, currently undertakes its duties. Delay in designing a practical strategy and in pursuing necessary modernisation would not have been acceptable to the Commission, to the Council, to this Parliament or to the public, as I am sure the honourable Member understands.
One of the specifically stated purposes of comprehensive reform is the development of strengthened administrative performance which will, amongst other things, enable the Commission to deal more effectively with changes in the current and the future Union and in the wider world. Clearly the challenges posed by the forthcoming extensive enlargement are different in nature and scale than those presented by any previous enlargement. The Commission must therefore be capable of achieving the highest standards of executive and administrative performance in the discharge of its powers and duties in order to facilitate that massive and welcome development. As the College of Commissioners made clear in our introduction to the White Paper, and elsewhere in that document, and I quote what we said: "the challenges of globalisation and future enlargement require better governance at all levels including the European Union". All political institutions must rise to this challenge and so must the Commission. Reform is therefore an essential precondition – a precondition for realising our vision of Europe.
The current administrative reform is not a limited exercise – it is an evolutionary process as we have made very clear – it will be continuously monitored and the results achieved will be assessed in order to provide for any relevant adjustments. Proper account will be taken of any specific requirements that arise from the enlargement process, and naturally that will apply to human resources implications of the ongoing change. Issues such as the management of the increased cultural diversity within the Commission and an early retirement scheme that is directly linked to enlargement will, for instance, be amongst those that receive particular attention. As with past enlargements, specific measures concerning the appointment and integration of officials from the new Member States will be adopted at the appropriate time."@en1
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