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"Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, you are coming to the end of a term of office upon which you will have left the mark of your humane values and your high view of European integration, which we share. I wish, in this House, to emphasise the quality of your track record.
You were given responsibility for launching the euro in coin of the realm. It was an onerous responsibility, and you managed to carry it out successfully. We were promised a shambles but, ever since the first day of January 2002, and thanks to skilful preparation, our fellow citizens have had no trouble making the single European currency their own. Where the environment is concerned, it has been possible to accomplish major progress thanks to the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the Water Framework Directive and the directive on waste reduction and recycling.
By preparing a genuine common policy on asylum and immigration and stepping up the fight against crime at Community level, progress has been made in promoting freedom of movement and establishment within the EU. Measures have also been taken to promote the mobility of students, researchers and workers. All these advances show the degree to which you have been able to place European citizens at the heart of your concerns in order to assure them of a better environment.
You had to lead the difficult negotiations for enlargement of the EU, this great reunification of the European family. In spite of pressure from the European Council, you managed to stay the course without flinching, so that welcoming the ten new states did not lead to the EU becoming paralysed.
At the institutional level, we cannot but be satisfied with the preparation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the necessary and courageous reform of the Commission. Moreover, the positions you defended during the IGC have been taken into account in the draft European Constitution, which will, I hope, enable us in future to help this enlarged EU to thrive all the more. In this regard, your budget proposals for the future constitute, moreover, a clear-sighted vision of our needs.
Mr President of the Commission, the principal objectives you presented to Parliament on 15 February 2000 have been achieved. Your actions have been fair and inspired. On behalf of the European people that we represent in this House, I wish quite simply to thank you."@en1
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