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Mr Barón Crespo, it is perfectly clear. You are well aware that we had indeed been informed that the Council was planning an initiative for 7 March this year, which it hoped would be common to all three institutions. You will doubtless remember that I discussed this prospect at length at the last Conference of Presidents, although at the time I did not have any details as to the form the proposed initiative would take. The Conference of Presidents decided to grant me a mandate and to entrust me with the task of determining, on the basis of the details provided for my information, whether the European Parliament’s involvement in this initiative would be appropriate or not. I even remember, Mr Barón Crespo, your saying at the time that the European Parliament would not just be participating in order to be included in the photo.
We have been working hard since that Conference of Presidents. My private office has endeavoured to obtain details of what would be done and what would not be done, because it is an important matter and one to which we are committed. To date we have received a few, still only very sketchy details, including the fact that this will take place in a school with the pupils involved. That is all very pleasant, but there would also be a letter to be signed by the Swedish President, the Belgian President, Mr Prodi, as the Commission President, and also by myself, on behalf of the European Parliament.
I considered that I could not single-handedly take the decision to sign a common letter of this kind. You are therefore about to receive a copy of this letter so that all the Members of the House and all the group Presidents can advise me of their views on this initiative. I do not doubt the value of this document, but I do think it ought to be considered by Parliament.
I think I have answered you with as much detail as possible and, believe me, we took the matter perfectly seriously."@en1
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