So, to turn to the report by Mr Turco, and may I offer my congratulations to Mr Turco, what I want to say is that, clearly, the current Member States were slow getting started in 2000 – it was mainly the Member States which were to blame, although I do not entirely absolve the European Commission – and Community initiatives are even slower getting started.
Ainsi, à propos du rapport de M. Turco, que je voudrais féliciter, je tiens à dire qu’en 2000, manifestement, le démarrage a été lent de la part des États membres actuels - ils en portent eux-mêmes la principale responsabilité bien que je ne veuille pas totalement absoudre la Commission européenne - et il y a un démarrage encore plus lent des initiatives communautaires.