As for making sure that the Council goes back to concentrating on its essential functions, I would just note in passing that the conclusions of the European Council in Barcelona, the Commission’s proposals and those expressed by Parliament in its various resolutions, including those that you will be adopting at the end of this debate, are all in line with one another.
Quant au recentrage du Conseil sur ses fonctions essentielles, je note au passage une convergence entre les conclusions du Conseil européen de Barcelone, les propositions de la Commission et celles que le Parlement exprime au fil de ses résolutions, y compris celles que vous allez adopter en conclusion de cette discussion.