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Mrs de Palacio was expressing the well-known concerns within the Commission regarding the dangers of the non-adoption of the Kyoto Protocol and the need, therefore, to react to this situation.
The Commission wants to continue to work with Russia and the other countries that have not ratified it in order to achieve ratification. We have not put out any other message, and I can assure you that Mrs de Palacio too is committed to the ratification of Kyoto. Naturally, the fact that Russia is hesitating and continually putting forward alternative strategies is a serious cause for concern for us.
A very brief observation, Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, ladies and gentlemen: I should like to thank you all for the debate we have had, especially because it has been directed more towards the future than towards recriminations for the past, more to solving our current concerns than to blaming one another. I should, however, like to make an observation that I think is of vital importance: be careful, ladies and gentlemen, not to throw away in a few minutes all the work done in preparation for the Brussels Intergovernmental Conference, by hastily describing proposals on which there is not yet agreement as an
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While it is true that a consensus seems to have emerged on many points, particularly at Naples, for instance on the Council presidencies, research policies and a great many other fundamental issues, this consensus does not actually exist. Let us not deceive ourselves: it does not exist. I refer above all to the large number of decisions on the return to unanimity, degrading not only the text of the Convention but also the Treaty of Nice; not to mention, ladies and gentlemen, the lesser role envisaged for the European Parliament in approving the budget procedures.
It is clear that the overall result of the negotiations and bilateral concessions does not mean total acceptance by everybody, not even if you look for agreement on the lowest common denominator. It is also clear that nothing is accepted until everything is accepted, and that the conditions for acceptance will depend on our future. Let us not, then, throw away any of the great work that has been done, but let us openly acknowledge the problems that exist. This is the best way to solve them, and for that reason the Convention text remains our constant point of reference.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the last meeting before the fifth Christmas we will have spent together, and the last of this Parliament and this Commission. I should like to close by offering all of you and your families my best wishes for peace and happiness, and my thanks for your valuable collaboration.
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