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(ES) Madam President, I am also going to be very brief this time for reasons which I am sure you will understand perfectly. I simply wish to point out that, as mentioned by Mr Fischer, the President of the Council, during the German Presidency – which has been a complicated and difficult Presidency – some of the great issues and challenges which were facing us have been resolved. I refer, of course, to the approval of Agenda 2000, which was an enormously difficult exercise in terms of politics, diplomacy and the balance of interests within the Union, and to all the consequences resulting from perhaps the greatest contemporary problem, given its repercussions within the European Union itself, by which I mean the Kosovo conflict and all the circumstances surrounding it as well as its resultant consequences for the future.
European security and defence have taken a step forward with the appointment of the person responsible for the CFSP. These steps perhaps demonstrate that foreign and security policy, in the aftermath of the Kosovo affair, continue to be the ‘Achilles heel’ of Community construction and still have a long way to go.
Finally, the European Employment Pact has also been given a great boost – with the implementation of the conclusions of the European Council of Luxembourg.
The outgoing Commission therefore congratulates the German Presidency. We believe it has been a very good Presidency. Very difficult problems have been resolved. This is all due, with no doubt whatsoever, to the talent, efficiency and intelligence of Mr Fischer, the Foreign Minister, with whom I have been very impressed, and I promise him that, in my new life, when I return to Spain, I will go jogging and eat bananas.
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