Another important item on the agenda at Helsinki will, of course, be the Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC) which must carry out the institutional reforms needed to prepare the EU for enlargement. I hope the Summit will agree to launch this conference very soon, because the enlargement process will be beginning in about three years' time and it will continue, uninterrupted, for a good few years after that.
Je nourris l'espoir que le Sommet acceptera de lancer incessamment cette conférence, car le processus d'élargissement commencera dans trois ans environ et se poursuivra, sans interruption, pendant quelques années encore.