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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have come a long way since last September, when I made a direct, personal commitment to building a close, transparent relationship between our institutions.
A great deal of progress has been made since we agreed to work together to draw up a new interinstitutional agreement. We have worked extremely hard in order to produce a high quality agreement, and I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation of the constructive way in which you led the negotiations, Madam President, with the support of the Conference of Presidents and Mrs De Palacio from the Commission.
In my opinion, the framework opinion before us today represents a practical, balanced approach to the relationship between our institutions. It includes a number of things which you as Members of Parliament consider to be important, such as the presence of representatives of the Commission at your meetings, the crucial issue of the exchange of information and the need for Parliament to be involved in trade and enlargement negotiations.
The concept of close cooperation between the institutions is clear and prominent in the agreement but this does not affect the balance between the institutions at all, for that is based on the current regulations, such as the regulation on access to confidential documents. In fact, I would like to make my intention today clear and stress that any future amendments to these regulations will be duly included in our agreements.
Madam President, the agreement has been recommended to the respective institutions, and, earlier this morning, the College authorised Mrs Palacio and myself to adopt and sign it on behalf the Commission. If you vote for the motion this morning, we will proceed together to the signing of the agreement and so enter a new stage in our relationship.
As I stressed yesterday, we have a number of major deadlines before us and it is essential to ensure that our respective institutions focus on issues which are now crucial for the future of Europe. This agreement will consolidate each institution’s role in the construction of Europe and, what is most important, increase the efficiency of our joint action."@en1
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