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Mr President, I should first like to thank all those who have spoken and who have clearly demonstrated that the implementation and creation of the trans-European transport network projects is a significant priority for your Parliament.
I must perhaps offset the pessimism and negative analysis expressed in certain quarters, since if it is true that progress in the achievement of these projects has up to now, since the Maastricht Treaty, been insufficient, a number of them have nevertheless been carried out or are on course to be carried out since the 1994 European Council in Essen, if my memory serves me well. A first step in completing the projects has thus been achieved or is on course to be.
There is no doubt that the Council shares the concerns of your Parliament when you state that the trans-European networks are an essential element from an economic point of view, or from the point of view of territorial cohesion as the speakers have said, and as Mr Vice-President has noted. Certainly, as someone pointed out, money provides the backbone for this effort. We must therefore ensure that our political priorities can also be translated into budgetary priorities. It is in this respect that the financial perspectives are indeed a major issue.
As President-in-Office of the Council, I can but state that until June, the Luxembourg Presidency attaches great importance to this section of the financial perspectives and would not wish it to be reduced, because that would mean that the political priority would be decreased or further delayed. It is a commitment that the Presidency alone cannot, however, make. It is, in actual fact, the responsibility of the Member States first and foremost and of your Parliament to decide upon them, since the financial perspectives are not only decided upon in the Council. The financial perspectives are decided upon jointly by the Council and by your Parliament.
I believe that if you attach great political importance to the trans-European networks, you should let it be known. You have done that today, the lesson has been learnt, and the message will be conveyed during the coming weeks, whilst discussions on the financial perspectives will certainly intensify."@en1
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