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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, certain measures were, for example, not completely implemented. The European Council of Gothenburg gave explicit recognition to this and pointed out, as the Secretary-General underlines in his report, that other reforms for the Council’s structures and working methods are needed.
During its next sitting on 29 October, the General Affairs Council will once again pour over this updated roadmap. This initiative clearly illustrates the capacity of the General Affairs Council, if necessary, to guarantee general coordination of the Council’s policy. Furthermore, this initiative should help re-confirm this coordinating role of the Council in general.
Needless to say, there are other reforms needed to improve the operation of the Council. There is no doubt that the report requested from the Secretary-General will, therefore, prove useful in generating further thoughts on this issue. And that also applies, of course, to the report by Mr Poos and the EP resolution.
In the light of this, the Secretary-General was requested to formulate specific proposals for measures, preferably during the European Council of Laeken, which must guarantee the effective operation of the Council following enlargement, by means of better preparation for council meetings, clear coordination between the different council formations and more efficient working methods, so as to enable the Council to take the necessary decisions by June 2002.
Meanwhile, the Belgian Presidency will continue to implement the Helsinki recommendations. Parallel with this, the General Affairs Council has intensified its coordinating role.
For example, from now on, the presidency will report to the General Affairs Council on the most important dossiers which are being discussed in the other Council formations. This list is drawn up so as to allow the General Affairs Council to carry out fully its horizontal coordination role pertaining to all activities of the different formations of the Council.
The object of this exercise is to make the Council activities in its different formations more coherent, and to ensure that these are better tailored to the general objectives of the Union. Furthermore, this also reinforces the role of the General Affairs Council in the context of the preparation of the European Council.
Additionally, recent events in the United States have clearly illustrated that overall coordination of the Union’s activities in the fight against terrorism is necessary.
The General Affairs Council of 17 October looked into a report of the presidency on the activities of the different formations of the Council in this field.
With this report, the presidency has drawn up a roadmap comprising all Council initiatives and activities, each time indicating those responsible for the implementation, the deadlines and the progress made to date.
The General Affairs Council has asked for regular updates of this roadmap. After all, this is an important instrument which enables progress to be evaluated for each formation of the Council."@en1
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