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We referred extensively to the agenda for the Thessaloniki Council at this morning's debate. However, I should like to add that, as this concerns the first version of the annotated agenda, which was also submitted to the recent meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council, the Presidency intends to limit the agenda for the European Council in Thessaloniki to the following items:
As far as the issues touched on in the second part of the question are concerned, the honourable Member will know that the European Council has to examine two important reports. The first is on the actual application of the guidelines agreed at the European Council in Seville on measures relating to illegal immigration, the more flexible introduction of coordinated and integrated external border management, the incorporation of immigration policy into the Union's relations with third countries and the speeding up of the legislative work to formulate a common policy on asylum and immigration issues. The second report examines the efficiency of common financing resources available for the repatriation of immigrants and asylum seekers who have been rejected, for the management of external borders, for programmes in the field of asylum and immigration in third countries and for the application of the principle of the distribution of burdens.
Our aim is for the Council to examine these two reports so that the European Council can issue guidelines for further action in these sectors. Within this framework, it is expected that, in accordance with the conclusions of the spring 2003 Council, the European Council will re-examine the issue of immigration, the integration of legal immigrants into European society and employment.
Finally, the Presidency would remind you that the agenda for the Thessaloniki Council will be approved, in accordance with the Council's rules of procedure, by the General Affairs and External Relations Council at its meeting on 16 and 17 June 2003.
results of the Convention on the Future of Europe and decisions for the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference;
asylum, immigration and borders, which are all interrelated;
enlargement issues;
the question of EU policy in the Western Balkans;
Wider Europe, New Neighbourhood;
work following on from the spring 2003 European Council and, finally
certain issues in the fields of external relations and security and defence.
These items may be included in EU-USA relations: the Middle East and Iraq and recommendations by the High Representative, Mr Solana, on an overall strategy in the field of foreign policy and security, together with a wider strategy to deal with the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The General Affairs and External Relations Council noted these intentions on the part of the Presidency."@en1
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