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Madam President, very briefly, I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to the rapporteur, Mr Gil-Robles, on having completed what he has called this historic report. While this text originates from 1976, the reality is that the first initiative of this Parliament dates from 1960, and the road has therefore been a long and difficult one. However, it appears that a fruitful conclusion has been reached at last with this text.
I would also like to congratulate the Spanish Presidency and the Council on the efforts they have made to bring together a consensus on what is constitutionally a very important agreement which will be decisive for the elections to the European Parliament scheduled for 2004, which furthermore will be the first elections in which the current candidate countries participate and we hope by then they will be full Members of the Union.
The Commission agrees with the rapporteur that this text contains the most important elements of the draft which Parliament adopted in 1998, with the excellent report by the former Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Anastasopoulos, and we are therefore delighted that what we have seen in the debate today will be adopted tomorrow by Parliament and – I hope – with the greatest possible majority.
I am sure that the broader political issues mentioned during the debate will be discussed and dealt with by the Convention and perhaps that will be the best place to find a definitive solution to them.
Thank you very much, Madam President. I believe that today’s agreement is an extremely important one in the life of this Parliament and for the future of the construction of Europe."@en1
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