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"Mr Schulz, I did hear your question. I believe no one has been spared.
I think that we can either choose the approach of pointing fingers at each other – your fault, our fault – or we can try and convince ourselves to take another approach, with both sides trying to make progress towards this conciliatory approach. We could also remain in the state of mind that unfortunately led to a disagreement on 15 November.
Who is to blame? I could have told you that from the outset, Parliament was certainly going to say that the Council was to blame and the Council was certainly going to say that Parliament was to blame, while both would thank the Commission for having made efforts at conciliation. We must try to move away from that kind of approach and make the most of the last few weeks and days in order to start thinking along different lines.
To answer the President’s question, can any progress be made? Yes, progress can be made, because we know that if we act in the same way as we did on 15 November, we would only repeat the disagreement that occurred on 15 November, particularly on the important issue of flexibility. Why is this issue important? It is important because in my view, it addresses one of Parliament's major concerns which is to have a number of prospects, at least for 2012-2013, which is when the current multiannual framework ends.
This is the reason why, on this matter, the Belgian Presidency, following on from 15 November, immediately resumed contacts to try and make progress on these other points too. Yes, there are possibilities for agreement in this context, but both sides will have to reverse their rationale and embrace a conciliatory approach in order to achieve results. Otherwise, we will unfortunately witness another failure, and I previously touched on the harmful consequences that a failure would have, mainly on the implementation of our policies. I think that the citizens of Europe deserve better than that."@en1
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