I would therefore like to thank Commissioner Vassiliou and the rapporteur, Mrs Paliadeli, for their initiative and their hard work, and I would like to take this opportunity to say that, although initially, it was an initiative by the Member States, we now need to give it a clearly EU dimension.
Aussi voudrais-je remercier la commissaire, Mme Vassiliou, et la rapporteure, Mme Paliadeli, pour leur initiative et leur travail assidu.