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The Council invites the honourable Member to refer to the answers already given to a question by Claude Moraes in July 2003 and a question raised by you last November on the same issue, in which the Council confirmed its commitment to reaching a common political position on this complex and politically sensitive dossier.
During the first semester in 2003 the presidency put together a compromise package covering the key outstanding issues which were discussed by the Council in a public session which was held on 3 June 2003. However, the proposed solution is not acceptable to all delegations. During the second semester, various high-level discussions were held but, in the absence of new elements allowing the situation to be unblocked, the matter was not discussed at the Council meeting of 1 December 2003 as had been initially envisaged and hoped.
As the Member knows – because the Member has raised this matter in different fora – the Irish presidency attaches great importance to the success of the Lisbon Strategy, and will of course reflect on how this dossier can be finalised in that context. The Council has consistently given a confirmed commitment to reaching the Lisbon goals of increasing employment and providing better jobs, and intends to work for a fair and practical solution which takes into account all legitimate concerns – and there are many of them.
To this end, the presidency intends to reflect on the different possible tracks to be followed in this dossier and will remain alert to any new developments which could help in resolving the outstanding areas of difficulty.
I should like to add that, thanks to the good work of Mr De Rossa, the presidency had a very good exchange with members of his Group last week in Dublin. This issue was raised at that stage. There was a very full and helpful exchange on the issue so, again, I compliment the Member. I am fully aware of his concerns on the issue and the presidency is also fully aware of his concerns. As the Member knows, we will work on this dossier within the context of the general work we are doing on the Lisbon agenda issues."@en1
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