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"Before we begin the debate, I should like to communicate a number of important items in respect of our timetable and procedure. The President of the European Council, Mr José María Aznar, must leave at 16.30 in order to attend the international conference on financing for development in Monterrey, Mexico. He will thus lead the debate, respond to its first round, and will then be replaced.
The President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, who will attend the same conference in Mexico, in the dramatic circumstances of the assassination of Professor Biagi, who was a close personal friend of Mr Prodi, feels obliged to travel this afternoon to Bologna in order to pay his respects. I know the House will understand his personal conviction in this matter. He will therefore also attend the first part of the debate on the Barcelona European Council and will then be replaced by Mrs de Palacio, Vice-President of the Commission.
Before introducing the debate, I would like to say that last week in Barcelona, for the first occasion during my Presidency of this House, I had the honour to address a European Summit meeting on your behalf. My emphasis was on our contribution, on the work which so many rapporteurs, committee chairs and political group coordinators had led and participated in. I want to thank everyone in this House who made such a special effort to deliver in substance and to deliver on time. It was wonderful position as President of the European Parliament to be able to have made such a major contribution to the Barcelona Summit meeting.
In the course of that meeting, I stressed our Parliament's desire to develop a new, more mature partnership and dialogue with the European Council on a wide range of issues. I hope and believe that we have begun the process which will make this possible in the near future."@en1
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