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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at this stage, in view of the restrictions of your agenda, I shall limit myself to a brief comment. As regards today’s debate, the rules of the game were clear. This debate was of great interest to the Commission but it was also somewhat limited since neither the Commission nor yourselves had yet defined precise positions and proposals. It was therefore an exchange of views on the basis of the Dehaene report which President Prodi had intended specifically to initiate and shed light on this debate. I have listened to all the speakers, Mr President, with a great deal of attention and I thank them for their attention and for their own contributions. We are going to take these questions, these suggestions, and even these occasional criticisms or fears into account in the few days which remain before 10 November. This is the day on which the Commission is to establish its initial position on policy, and then we shall have a debate on the Commission’s first policy document. After this, we shall again have a great deal of work to do between 10 November and the start of the talks, since the Commission will then have to submit a document which I have myself described as a forceful and comprehensive policy document, designed to be of use to the negotiators and to facilitate the talks. During this period we shall have to work in close liaison with the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and with the Parliament. I therefore wish, Mr President, by way of conclusion, to thank the European Parliament for this initial exchange of views on the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference and on the ambitions we should have in approaching this conference."@en1
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