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"Mr Aznar, I would like to start by congratulating the Spanish Presidency for, as Vice-President responsible for conciliation, I have to say that we have done a good job: we have adopted many problematic instruments, and all credit is due to Parliament, the Council and the Commission too for its active cooperation. I would now like to ask Mr Aznar and Mr Prodi a question. The document adopted at Seville on Council reform refers to a strategic document which the Council is to present, covering three years. In other words, the Council undertakes to present its strategic programme for the three years to come in consultation with the Commission. There is no mention of Parliament. The question is a simple one, then: firstly, why three years, given that the legislature covers a period of five years, and secondly, why is there absolutely no reference to Parliament? I also have a concern to express and a request to make. Our friend, Mr Poos, has already mentioned the distance existing between the Union, of which Spain has the Presidency, and President Bush as regards the Middle East. Could Mr Aznar inform us whether, in the next six months, the Danish Presidency will be sensitive to the development of the situation in the Middle East, in view of the fact that recent statements made by the Danish Foreign Minister are completely in line with statements made by President Bush as regards both the international conference on the Middle East and the quartet. These statements are completely unacceptable. I have one last question. Mr President-in-Office, you were in this House on 20 March. The previous day, a university professor, Marco Biagi, was assassinated in my city by the Red Brigades. You expressed your condolences on that occasion. What would you think, Mr Aznar, if one of your government ministers referred to a victim of terrorism as a pain in the ass – please would the interpreters translate that literally – who complained because he wanted his consultancy contract to be renewed? Do not call me to order, Mr President. I am not being rude: these are the words of the Italian Minister for the Interior. Do you think that statements like that will further the fight against terrorism?"@en1

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