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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with thanks to each and every one of you, I would like at this stage to comment briefly on a few specific questions put by a number of you. As for the rest, I can only confirm on behalf of President Prodi, and on my own personal behalf, that the Commission will continue to work intelligently and in close cooperation with the European Parliament during this rather sensitive period of the debate on the future of Europe, as Mrs Berès said. And that is what counts.
Mrs Lindh has just said a few words about the website, which several of you have mentioned, most notably James Elles and Mrs Malmström. This site is going through a running-in phase so please show a little understanding. It was opened barely a week ago. I think all your comments will help us to turn it into a real website for the people. Furthermore, our idea is to share the management of this site amongst several institutions, including the European Parliament, but I admit that we must push it forwards and perhaps also understand its role better, as it must be used as a platform for the national debates which will soon be organised in each Member State. That is my first reply, but this site must be improved and the Commission will make a contribution to make this happen.
Mr Seguro asked a question of the President of the Commission and the Commissioner. Yes, Mr Seguro, we are going to continue to meet with the governments in each of the capitals not only of the Member States but, as Mr Prodi has done, as each of us does, the capitals of the candidate countries too. This is the role of the President, which he carries out not only with regard to the debate on the future of Europe, but on many other subjects as well. I would add that we will also continue to meet with national parliaments, which has not been normal practice for the Commission up till now. In the context of the debates in the run-up to Nice, I personally was concerned to meet with national parliaments and, quite frankly, I do not regret it at all.
Mr Leinen mentioned, as did Mr Dupuis, the concern we expressed through our President that 2004 will be an extremely busy year. It is the year in which we will table the new post-Berlin agenda. It is the year in which many accession negotiations will be concluded, if this has not already happened. It is the year of the renewal of the European Parliament and it is also the final year of this Commission. So the sooner we can move, at the start of 2004 and perhaps, Mr Leinen, why not in Rome at the end of 2003, the better it will be for everybody, for us and for you, and so necessarily for the European debate itself. The answer to that, however, is also in the hands of the Heads of State and Government.
I would like to thank each and every one of you, especially the group chairpersons who expressed their desires and their agreement with the ideas or the guidelines of the Commission. We will continue to work together. Please allow me to say a final personal word of thanks to Mr Desama at this moving time when he is about to leave this House to take up more local responsibilities in Verviers. I am sure he will not forget the profession of European faith he has carried out here when he assumes his role of Lord Mayor in the weeks to come."@en1
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