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Mr President, Mr McMillan-Scott put a very clear and direct - but strange - question to me. He asked whether I am happy that millions of people are living in countries without democracy or adequate human rights. Such a clear question deserves a clear answer. I hope the honourable Member will not be shocked by its bluntness, but the answer is 'No, I am not happy with that'.
The Commission supports the rapporteur's proposal to withdraw Amendment 3 from the Committee on Budgetary Control on the applicable comitology procedure. The intention contained in this amendment, to provide for an advisory committee instead of today's regulatory committee, is unacceptable to the Council. This is well-known. Thus, maintaining the amendment would scupper our joint efforts and the objective of facilitating a first reading agreement under the codecision procedure. The Commission proposed that a management committee is the appropriate form of committee and constitutes a fair compromise.
It is extremely important that we are now able to secure a continuation of this work. I agree with Mrs Napoletano that our actions are not always effective. One reason is that we are not effective ourselves. Another is that in an area such as this it is very difficult to produce effective so-called solutions. However, we have to try.
We do not do this because we know it works but because it is necessary. That is the nature of this kind of activity. This initiative has been important in practice and for sending a signal showing how we think in Europe about what we want to do in the world. I thank Parliament for the constructive spirit in which it has been handled."@en1
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