European Parliament
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (GUE/NGL ).
(EL)
Mr President, the period of reflection expires in 2007 and I imagine that it is for this reason that the President of the Commission, Mr Barroso, presented the Commission's position last week.
However, it is with regret that I see that the Commission has insisted on retabling the question of the European Constitution, without there having as yet been any pan-European consultation with citizens. During the same presentation, Mr Barroso also spoke about a citizens' agenda, with greater solidarity between citizens in future. I wonder what measures will be used to strengthen this solidarity: globalisation, the Lisbon Strategy or liberalisations?
To close, I believe that it is our duty, as an institution, to dedicate at least one more sitting of the European Parliament before the cut-off date of 2007 to debate this most serious issue.

