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"Madam President, thank you very much for the opportunity to be here and to participate in the debate today. It is safe to say that it has been a very spirited debate, which covered a lot of ground and, amongst other things, helped to provide an interesting insight into British domestic policy. These are good impressions that I will, of course, take back with me. I would like to try and draw out a couple of key impressions from the debate that I will take back to the Council. These must inevitably be the following:
As I said, I took note of the fact that Parliament feels very strongly about the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. I have to say that the debate today has clearly and unambiguously confirmed that. That is a general attitude, which, as President-in-Office of the Council, I obviously completely understand, and in the Council we have taken note of both your concerns and your views. I would also like to emphasise that I, of course, share the view that we are under obligation to bring about the EU’s accession and that this should happen as quickly as possible. I therefore also look forward to the political discussions at the Council meeting next week. On the basis of these discussions, it is our hope that it will be possible to resume negotiations with the other Member States of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in the near future.
However, I would like to say once again that we will continue to work during the Danish Presidency to ensure that there is progress in the negotiations on the draft agreement, and in this regard we will, of course, do our utmost to achieve a common EU position on the text. We will, of course, also do our utmost to ensure that this text lives up to Parliament’s expectations."@en1
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