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"I have been notified by the appropriate authorities in the accession States of the names of 159 observers appointed to the European Parliament. That full list will be published in the Minutes of today's sitting.
I should like, on behalf of Parliament, to offer a very warm word of welcome to all our observers here today.
On our behalf the political decision to begin our engagements after the signing of the Accession Treaties in Athens is an act of political pre-integration. I wish you well in your time and your work here in Parliament. I believe that, both for you and for this House, it provides a very useful learning opportunity through 'learning by doing' with regard to our respective preferences and political interests.
We have here with us today observers from Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
This is a moment that we in Parliament have anticipated and worked towards for a long time. I want to place on record my own gratitude for the active support and assistance of the leaders of all the political groups, and of the Vice-Presidents of Parliament through the work of the Bureau, in bringing us to this point here today.
I also want this afternoon to express our joy in the European Parliament at the result of the most recent of the referendum campaigns held - namely that in Lithuania - where the turnout was exceptional and where the positive vote was exceptionally strong. That is another powerful reminder, as we work through the referendum campaigns in each State, of the extent of the commitment and the appetite to build one Europe together.
I want to say to the observers that through your work here – especially through the political groups and in the committees – you will now have the opportunity to engage in active discussion on the results of the European Convention; on the debate on emerging common foreign and security policy, including the emergence of defence policy; on future regional and cohesion policies and on agricultural policy. It is an important opportunity and an exchange from which we can all benefit. We look forward to working with the observers here and we wish all of you success in your time here with us."@en1
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