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"Mr President, I should like to deal with one aspect of this debate, and that is the long-term credibility of the European Union's institutions.
Mr President-in-Office, you have come here today to give your commitment – which is very warmly welcomed – to deeper democratic control and also agreed to come before this House another couple of times before the end of your presidency.
Since the mid-1980s we have made great strides with Treaty revision for greater parliamentary involvement in the democratic process. However, before the next Treaty change in 2004 and the European elections that year, we need to make more progress towards reform in each of the European institutions.
Commission President Mr Prodi has made great strides towards being able to promote people on merit and make changes to various rules and regulations which will come before this House in the next few months. The trouble is that very few people in this House or in the outside world know about the changes which have been made in the Commission. We would welcome a document stating what has now happened, so that we know what has been going on.
Mr President-in-Office of Parliament, we have your commitment to a thorough reform of our working methods and, as you have been in office for only 24 hours, we cannot expect changes already, but you have our support, in particular as regards Parliament's 2003 budget, for major changes in the way we work.
Finally, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, you have indicated in your programme that:"@en1
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